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    "id": 896264,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896264/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Isiolo CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rehema Jaldesa",
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        "legal_name": "Rehema Dida Jaldesa",
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    "content": "disservice to the people of Isiolo if I would not have had an opportunity to contribute to this debate. I would like to say that I rise to partially support the President’s Address with some bit of reservations. I will start by addressing the national values as stipulated under Article 10 of the Kenyan Constitution, which entail patriotism, national unity, human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness and non-discrimination. As the representative of Isiolo County, which is one of the marginalised counties in terms of development, high poverty levels, inadequate resource allocation and persistent drought, I strongly feel that the President failed to address the key measures that have been taken to address marginalization. While the President has stated measures to revive the agricultural sector, especially through irrigation and reviving the coffee sector, he left out pastoralists who contribute Kshs10 billion to the economy of this country. Pastoralism is a way of life which we proudly embrace. It covers the ASAL region which is almost 70 per cent of the land mass of this country. I want to thank the Almighty Lord for hearing our prayers because we started getting rains from yesterday. But we feel abandoned by the President when he proposes to allocate Kshs10 billion to an amorphous body by the name Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) but fails to mention the pastoralist communities which were affected by drought. In my view, the BBI is nothing but another amorphous body like kitaeleweka and t anga"
}