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    "id": 1078425,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
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    "content": "childhood development. It points out that this Bill, in terms of the very clear objective, is to make provision for the allocation of revenue raised nationally, among the county governments for the Financial Year 2021. This is going to be critical and a useful aspect, especially at this time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I have listened to Members contribute in ways that I agree with. I support the Bill, but I would also like to emphasize an aspect in our country at the moment. We have two levels of government, namely, national and county. We are no longer at ease. There are a number of us in the words of literary experts, who seem to be saying: “Cry the beloved country.” Kenyans recognise the fact that there are two levels of government. As we allocate resources, we should ensure it is distributed fairly. We should raise issues of corruption and point fingers at what is happening in our country particularly with regard to the manner in which we not only deal with budgeting, but also how we deal with delayed disbursement. Pending bills seem to be a norm which continues to roll in and out. I want to draw our attention to the sense of uneasiness in our country at the point at which we are. Yesterday, we eulogised a departed hero, Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. Members were all in agreement that he spoke the truth. He ensured that that truth was heard regardless of who wanted to disagree. As a country, let us see corruption as a challenge. When we look at the county governments, we need to recall that another major challenge in our country is the manner in which we do not seem to be drawing together, cohesively. When you talk about national cohesion and equal opportunity, we have clear signs in our country of citizens who continue to feel marginalised and left out. Even with opportunities in the Government and many other areas for employment, we still have a number of Kenyans who sometimes by virtue of the region they come from, the language they speak, perhaps their age, level of ability or gender, seem to be left out."
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