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    "id": 1017021,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, this is just because today we are around the area of people who have not complied. Yet, they are accusing Parliament of not complying. Article 204 of the Constitution is the one that establishes the Equalisation Fund and is very specific. It states that: “(1) There is established an Equalisation Fund into which shall be paid one half per cent of all the revenue collected by the national government each year calculated on the basis of the most recent audited accounts of revenue received, as approved by the National Assembly.” This is to particular marginalised areas in terms of roads, water and electricity. I am happy the Chair has, at least, given us how much has been disbursed. But I think 10 years down the line the National Treasury will be indicted by the Report of the Chair because of that disbursement. Chair, with your permission I request to get a copy. The Chair should give us the disbursement per county and maybe per constituency. We need to see within the 10 years – and of course we had the court case. The court has been gagging the Legislature, Executive and many other institutions. I think, within the 10 years that the Equalisation Fund has been operationalised, the release of funds to constituencies and counties has not been very prudent. But on this one, Parliament legislated the usage of that Article on the Equalisation Fund. An Act of Parliament was passed and so, I hope the Chair will push the Cabinet Secretary to build regulations and the people in tandem must get it. I thank the Chair for the answer. Only that we need to know which counties got the Kshs9 billion. The Act specifies which counties should be given this money so they can as well reach the other parts of the country in terms of development."
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