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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Thank you, Very much Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. As the chairman of the Equal Opportunities Committee of this House, I want to confirm that this Ministry’s budget is not equal opportunity compliant at all. Therefore, there is need for the Minister to review it even during the supplementary budget. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister and the officials who run this Ministry are very fine Kenyans. In fact, they are quite competent in terms of the job they do. Sometimes I think decisions are not made by themselves. Maybe the decisions are made elsewhere, and they could be working under substantial pressure. If actually they were making these decisions themselves, they would be much better than they are. The Minister spoke about many roads. There is one road I want to emphasize on, once, twice, thrice. This is the Garissa-Modogashe-Mandera Road. We have been independent for nearly 50 years. The only province in Kenya today which is not connected to its headquarters is North Eastern Province. If you come from Mandera, you will see the tarmac after Garissa. This is a shame because we are now going into a new constitutional dispensation. We have spoken to the Minister and Permanent Secretary. In fact, the Head of State has emphasized on the matter in public rallies more than twice. I do not know now where other instructions can come from. There seems to be goodwill but it is not translated into material benefit that can benefit the region. The Wajir-Moyale Road connects Moyale to Wajir District. There are two counties, the county of Marsabit and the county of Wajir. They are not connected at all. This is a road that connects them and there is no funding for it. Kibwezi-Kitui Road is also a critical road that connects us all the way from Kibwezi through Kitui to the northern part of Kenya. There is a challenge here; this has not been done from 1963. This road passes through the home area of the Vice-President. If the Vice-President himself has no access to a tarmac road, I do not know where decisions are made. There is also the unequal distribution of the 10 per cent. I would like to urge the Minister that when he sits down with his officials they should get a map of Kenya and identify which part of Kenya has been left out of the services of the Ministry. There is a lot of goodwill but we want it to be translated into commitment in terms of achievements on the ground. Since we are so passionate about this matter--- I know a lot of hon. Members want to contribute to the mention. We want the Minister to review it. I want to thank him and I support the Vote. Thank you."
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