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    "id": 975812,
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    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": "Mombasa. It is one place where the people of the Coast do not feel as if it is in their region. Before, it was a beautiful place and the local people would pride themselves in getting appointed to work there. Right now, busloads of people are brought from other places to come and take even the lowest positions at the Port. Those jobs are being given to other people. Why? This is because the management of the Port is in the hands of people from outside the Coast. Therefore, they bring their own people. To bring transparency is to have this Bill passed in this Parliament. We will be in a position to know the people who take the greatest share. Sometimes, when I look at my community in this country, I say we do not belong anywhere anymore. We have been removed from every place. The Mijikenda, which I proudly belong to, does not have a seat at Cabinet right now. But from 1963 up to 2013, there used to be a CS all the time from the Mijikenda Community because it is the 7th largest community in this country. Today, that 7th largest community in this country has been denied every opportunity available. Why? Probably because we are seen to be voting in a pattern that does not belong to the current Government. However, I say when a person becomes president, he becomes president of everybody in this country and every person and, therefore, the cake of appointment must be available to every person despite the voting patterns that have been cast in this country. For me, that is what inclusivity is all about and that is what it takes to be a statesman. That you will go beyond voting blocks and look at the country and share the cake with every Kenyan who is available. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, and I support this Bill."
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