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"speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, make it five minutes."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
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"content": " It is agreed. Let each Senator contribute for five minutes. Thank you."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, Tana River County is a beneficiary of the Equalisation Fund. These are realities. Last week, when I was at home, I was informed that large areas like Vumbwe, Sailoni, Wema and all those areas near the Tana River Delta Irrigation Scheme do not have electricity. They had high hopes that they will be able to access electricity. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that they will be able to access electricity because the processes of equalization fund, which included sitting down at the ward level, agreed that instead of voting for water and the other things, they would all agree on electricity because electricity would affect the entire ward. An amount of Kshs30 million was allocated for that purpose and everybody has been wondering, where is the electricity? It is very sad to hear today that the National Assembly has voted to remove Kshs790 million from the monies that Senate had passed, Kshs10.7 billion. For us, it is a reality that what the National Assembly has done is that it has voted against the interest of Tana River County. I stand on behalf of the people of Tana River County, as a delegation that we say that we must reject that reduction. Why? Because we are waiting for the electricity, the Kshs30 million that we voted for this equalization fund; we are waiting because of the various projects that we had passed. Sometimes the National Assembly does not connect as much as we do with our counties. So, sometimes they pass votes, they pass Bills, they pass decisions that are anti- people. How can you marginalize those who are already marginalized? When you cut money that is supposed to go to the 36 counties where marginalisation was orchestrated from the 1965 Sessional Paper No.10 up to today, it is marginalising those already marginalised. So, I will just end it there by saying what the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget has recommended in this report is what we should all stand with. We should stand The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "behind them and reject the reduction of the money to the counties that have been marginalised because it defeats the whole purpose of the equalization fund. We wanted this equalization fund so that it can help our people. So, I am trying to be as brief as I can and so I beg to support. I thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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"content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, I will be very brief because I just want to correct one misnomer that has been said by my good friend, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. It is good that I give him history. The reason I did not interject him is because he posed a very important question before actually saying the things he said about Kericho County. He asked what happened because by its design and architecture, the equalization fund is set aside to rectify wrongs of years gone by where certain sections of the country were marginalised. Either intentionally or unintentionally by successive regimes to a point that if you compare the living standards of residents in a particular part of the country and those of another, then you appreciate that there is need to bring all our citizens at par and appreciate that we live in one country. We all contribute to taxes and we should get services in equal measure. Before Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale left this House in 2017, the first allocation of equalization fund - and we served with him in the Committee on Finance and Budget - was by counties. At that particular point, we believed that there are certain regions or even counties that had been marginalized for long time. In their review post the 2019 Census, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics working together with County Revenue Allocation (CRA) and the Senate reviewed the qualifications of equalization fund not to be on a broader geographical space like a county and region, but brought it actually to the ward level, which is the least administrative unit that is known to the Kenyan constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not right to think just in terms of a particular county or even a constituency. If you see a particular county listed, it is because there are one, two, three, or even four sometimes, wards in that particular part of the county, that if he was to visit today--- I would wish to challenge Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that as he drives home this weekend instead of driving the Londiani route, which he is fond of using, to drive all the way through Kericho Town. I wish you would visit the lower parts of Kericho, the sugarcane-growing regions because he will appreciate why Soin and Soliyat wards, for example, qualify to benefit from equalization fund. He will appreciate that indeed those regions are needy and they are there by right. That was brilliant work that was done by the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget together with the CRA and Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics. They mapped out the poverty levels in the various parts of the country. If it was left to Governor Fernandez Barasa on his own to distribute these resources, chances are that he may just do what we politicians do many times, which is to distribute resources depending on political whims of the day. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "We did a good job as a Senate to map out the specific wards. If you check the allocations to Kakamega County, it is specific wards where these funds have to go to and as the County Assembly of Kakamega does their annual budget they include these funds. I think to that level, as a Senate, we did a good job. We can actually improve on it and go as far as naming the specific location because we are already at ward level, which is quite impressive. We have travelled an important journey. Madam Temporary Speaker, the final point is that I agree with our committee that this reduction is not justified. Much as we are down in the Finance Bill 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, this reduction is too drastic unless we sit in a mediation committee and agree and it is demonstrated to us as a House, why specifically the equalization fund. Already what should have been devolved in terms of equalization fund to these regions is Kshs64 billion, but what has only gone, so far, is a paltry Kshs13 billion. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are still short by Kshs48 billion even without the reduction. Therefore, to reduce it even further does not solve our problem. I support."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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"legal_name": "Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji",
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"content": "Asante, Bi. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipa fursa hii kuchangia ripoti ya Kamati ya Fedha na Bajeti ya Bunge la Seneti kuhusiana na kupunguzwa kwa fedha zinazokwenda kwa mfuko wa usawa na Bunge la Kitaifa. Kifungu cha 204 cha Katiba yetu kinasema ya kwamba kutakuwa na mfuko wa usawa, yaani Equalization Fund, ambapo kila mwaka kutalipwa asili mia nusu ya fedha ambazo zimekusanywa na Serikali kama mapato ya mwaka uliopita. Accounts ambazo zinatumika kwa sasa ni za mwaka 2021---"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Sen. Chararkey, what is your point of order?"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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"legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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"content": "Bi. Spika wa Muda, kwa ajili ya lugha ya Kiswahili, sanifu ingekuwa vyema, Sen. Faki kutumia “hazina ya usawa” badala ya “mfuko wa usawa.” Hii kwa sababu tunajua mfuko ni zile ambazo tunatumia kubeba pesa na yale mambo mengine. Itakuwa vyema akisema “hazina ya usawa” ndio Wakenya waweze kuelewa kwa sababu “mfuko wa usawa” ina maana nyingi."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Sen. Faki, please, take note and proceed."
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