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    "id": 92630,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oyongo Nyamweya",
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "they engage in. Some people have adopted farming to earn a living. These particular communities have been neglected by the Government. Nothing goes to these areas to empower the communities to do other economic activities. This has been the case from the time of Independence to date. We have police posts in an area where everybody knows there is insecurity. I would urge the Government to have a marshal plan for North Eastern Province and other areas which have been neglected so that resource mobilization is done. The person who steals somebody’s cow in order to earn a living is like any other person who is farming. I am not supporting this but there must be an alternative activity for these people. If there is no other economic activity then they have no choice. Therefore, it is upon the Central Government to take necessary steps to give resources to these areas. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I read a certain report which indicated that tourist lodges provide water and allow animals to graze. The county councils earn some small money and they are grateful to the people who run the lodges in these areas. If that is the situation, where is the Government’s contribution in these areas? To me, it is the responsibility of the Government to allocate resources and consider providing necessary infrastructure and enough education facilities so that children, both girls and boys, are encouraged to go to school. The Government must make a deliberate effort to start schools in that area. It should even make it mandatory, with the support of the local leadership, for people to go to school. The Government should also provide money for irrigation. There must be a clear plan so that the community can move away from cattle rustling. We may say we are disarming the communities. Disarmament does not help unless you give an alternative activity to these boys. If they do not have alternative activities, they will always go to it! It is, therefore, upon the Government to find a method to improve the welfare of the people of this area."
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