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    "id": 885440,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to begin by supporting this Motion of Adjournment and thank the Senator for Bungoma County for moving it, the Senate Majority Leader for seconding and all those who have spoken in support of it. Madam Temporary Speaker, Article 28 of the Constitution speaks about dignity of every person in Kenya that must be protected. The dignity of the people who live in the counties, who are being showcased as having been helped and supported--- this afternoon you would see people rushing to those places for token distribution of food, for cameras to show that they are having pity on the people who are citizens of this county. The dignity of the people in these counties should be protected. They should not be allowed to run low on food or reach a point where they die. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank the Senator for Turkana for speaking for both of us. We have a very interesting relationship at the border between us and the Turkana. When one complains of being hit, it means that the others are also being hit. It is a very interesting report. Therefore, when he speaks, he does so for both for us. Both of us suffer the same fate. Our people have been relegated to a place where it is basically to be sympathized with. Today, people are donating personal food to the people of Turkana, when the nation is endowed. Somebody says: “Let us collect a few bags and take them to the Pokot of West Pokot or Baringo.” Madam Temporary Speaker, the real issue here is: Where is the dignity of these people who are called citizens of Kenya? Is it their own choice to live in those parts geographically? Should we then criminalize living in those harsh areas? I just want to ask that from now henceforth, we should begin to re-think our policy on food security and strategic grain reserves, because we can actually keep food in the stores until it is bad. Some of the food in our National Cereals and Produce Board depots now is full of aflatoxins. So, we cannot even feed anybody with it. Fresh food is failing to get in and bad food cannot get out either - bad policies! In 1988 when I was much younger, I simply cried that there was hunger and people were dying in West Pokot. The Government forces that time denied the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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