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    "id": 1017007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Chair for her response. My main concern is on the issue of the Equalisation Fund. She responded that nothing has happened following the High Court ruling which quashed the regulations for the disbursement of the funds. She further said that the National Treasury is working on the regulations. Hon. Speaker, the Equalisation Fund was disbursed only once, during which a sum of Ksh3.3 billion was given to 15 counties. In those counties many ordinary Kenyans have been doing works worth between Kshs3 million and Kshs5 million. Those people have not been paid since 2018. Such an amount is a small profit for them. So, if this Fund does not get money for a long period, these people will get out of the market. I want the Chair to give us a timeline within which the regulations will be in place. I happen to be a Member of the Special Funds Accounts Committee. That is why I am conversant with the issues affecting the Equalisation Fund and the projects being undertaken in the counties, which have since stalled. They are projects worth billions of shillings. So, it is important that people from those areas realise the benefit of the Equalisation Fund. Hon. Speaker, this Fund is supposed to be operational for 20 years from the date the current Constitution was promulgated. Ten years have now lapsed. We need to have money to undertake projects for the remaining 10 years. This is a very critical thing that the Chair, with all the energy she is exhibiting, must tackle and resolve so that we can have the regulations in place as soon as possible. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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