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    "id": 643799,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643799/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lomunokol",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1645,
        "legal_name": "Mark Lomunokol",
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    "content": "I do not understand why the statutory allocations that I have mentioned should be reduced from Kshs37 billion to Kshs36 million, especially noting that a fund like the CDF is the only devolved fund that has produced results in the respective constituencies. The allocation to this Fund ought to have been increased instead of being reduced. I also appreciate the proponents of the Division of Revenue Bill for having considered including the Equalisation Fund (EF) in this Budget. This is a Fund which has been created by the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 yet these funds have not been utilised to date. The money has been lying idle at the National Treasury yet there are a lot of disparities in this country in terms of development. Some places are yet to catch up with the rest of the counties. It is for that reason that I appreciate those who saw it fit that this Fund be utilised this time round. I call upon this House and the Senate to consider sending this money directly to the constituencies because a lot of the funds that have been sent to the counties have ended up in the wrong hands. They have been misused. I am afraid that this money may not bring the much needed equalisation in the targeted counties, if we do it in the same way. Finally, I would like to propose that monies meant for development in the Financial Year 2016/2017 should not be disbursed to the counties, noting that individuals in those entities are waiting eagerly to divert these funds for their campaigns through corruption. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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