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    "id": 1068003,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1068003/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 884,
        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
        "slug": "sabina-wanjiru-chege"
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    "content": "We have been suffering in the counties especially the counties that do not enjoy the Equalisation Fund and other funds that are given to counties that are purported to be poor. My county is one of the leading in coffee and tea production and we have been contributing a lot to the national cake but when it comes to the time of giving back to the communities, we are referred to as a rich county and sometimes we do not benefit from the taxes we pay. Therefore, why I support the BBI is because for the first time we will enjoy one vote one shilling. With that, I support the additional money to the counties. We know this country is rich. For the people who purport that this money will not be available, we have set a minimum of 35 per cent, I wish they can stand and tell Kenyans that if they will get into power, they will give them 50 per cent. This money will benefit the people on the ground. We know the Ward Development Fund will go straight to mashinani. My county as an example, the MCAs have never enjoyed this fund. It has been the prerogative of the governor and his team to decide the area to benefit and the one not to. If by bad luck you get a governor who feels that one side did not support him, he can even have one part of the county being left out. But for now, every MCA will have a fund. If I give the example of my county, each ward is supposed to benefit by about Ksh20 million whereas as a County Woman Representative, I receive from this House Ksh7 million per year. It has been the biggest undoing. When we talk about gender and the things we have, one of the reasons only eight County Women Representatives made it back is because we sit in the same House with Members of Parliament. While they take Ksh140 million per year to their constituencies, the County Women Representatives take only Ksh7 million. So sometimes we are seen as jokers or branded flower girls. People cannot understand how we sit in the same House but are not given the same privilege to develop our constituencies. Therefore, I would rather lose my Ksh7 million and a constituency that has five wards will gain about Ksh40 million."
}