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    "id": 1067742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1067742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " I am not. The new allocation will further strengthen devolution and ensure good governance in our counties. I have a serious problem with the issue of the capping principle, which reads: “The average amount of money allocated per person to a county with the highest allocation does not exceed three times the average amount per person allocated to a county with the lowest allocation” Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a deliberate design by this proposal to marginalise poor counties that have been historically poor such as Mandera, Marsabit, Lamu and Isiolo, among others. On representation, this Bill seeks to amend Chapter Seven of the Constitution on representation of the people. The goal is to ensure equity, transparency and fairness of the electoral process. The amendment is based on one man, one vote principle which is biased. We have vast constituencies like where I come from. Kenyans in these constituencies, just like other Kenyans, deserve fair representation. Effective representation means having reliable means of information and fair representative. For a vast constituency like North Horr that is 38,915 square kilometres with a diameter of 800 kilometres, the principle of one man, one vote, which does not consider other parameters such as land mass and means of communication, is unfair and will deny these Kenyans effective representation. The amendment that increases the number of constituencies from 290 to 360 denies the people of North Horr fair representation. In terms of land mass, North Horr and Marsabit County cover vast areas"
}