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    "id": 896910,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alois Lentoimaga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": " I come from Samburu North and we have shortage of food. There is no infrastructure and electricity. People are very hungry because of the drought. I think this initiative by the President should spread across the entire northern Kenya. There is the issue of the Equalisation Fund. The drafters of the Constitution deliberately put Article 204 in order to have resources in place to assist the counties that were left behind in terms of development because of marginalisation right from the time of colonialism up to the period after Independence, which is 50 years. We call upon the President to make deliberate effort and ensure that those resources are put in place. I did not hear the President address the rampant insecurity in northern Kenya, especially where I come from, Samburu North. People are still being killed day in, day out. Even policemen are killed by marauding bandits and people who have sophisticated weapons. This Tuesday, three policemen were injured and one was killed even as they were using the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC). Our people do not care about those APCs, that is, bulletproof vehicles that can block shooting. Our young men do not care about that. They are so immune to law and order. They do not care about whether there is law and order or not. This Government should put measures in place to restore law and order in some of these places where we get people who are 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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