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    "id": 832427,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": "Let me give another example in that regard. You may look at it in terms of population. For instance, Kibra has a much higher population than my own constituency, but it is more compact. If I were to move around Kibra, I will go through the whole constituency in one day. If I want to move in Suba North, like I have been trying to move from one village to another meeting people, it will take me one year because my constituency has seven habitable islands. The furthest when you go by speed boat is about two hours and when you are there, you see Uganda. Then there is another island on the far end that from the days of Adam has never got a school. It is called Sukuru Island. The topography is diverse. In my constituency, we have valleys, hills, islands and all manner of things. Moving from one end of the constituency to another is completely outrageous. I will give another example. When we are giving Members who do not have water bodies, they will for instance raise money for a vehicle. Every time I want to go to Mfangano Island, I have to use two boats because water is like the lake. Hiring one boat is Kshs30,000 and because you can have an accident in the water, you are not going to wait for people who are waiting for you inside the water to rescue you. You must have, at least, two boats. Every time I have to go to Mfangano Island, I must have Kshs60,000. What about my brother here in Dagoretti? In the worst-case scenario, he can just take a boda boda and in about five minutes, he is in his constituency. There is some element of inequality and inequity in the distribution of NG-CDF. I am hoping that going forward; we can relook at that so that there is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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