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    "id": 1085447,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1085447/?format=api",
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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": "A Government that understands that every region of this country must develop at the same pace as the region where the leader of that Government comes from. This Fund is very critical for the provision of basic services in marginalised areas. Utilisation has not been very effective because, one, the National Treasury dragged their feet. Two, there was a court case in 2019 that delayed the implementation of this Fund. We are only remaining with nine years. Forget about the shenanigans and the story that was put in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) which by the grace of the Almighty Allah, its fate is somewhere. We were denied constituencies and everything else in that animal called BBI, then we were told: “We will extend for you the Equalisation Fund.” You cannot extend our lifeline in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) so that we live longer. However, now that the BBI is nowhere to be seen, we only have nine years before the Equalisation Fund sees its sunset days. The approval of these Regulations is very critical. It will set the ball rolling in terms of the administration of the Fund. We hope that with the approval of these Regulations, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, and I want to look at him, who is a pastoralist physically and also in terms of his origin, will behave like a pastoralist. He must be a pastoralist both at heart and soul. It is the first time a pastoralist has occupied that office, and he must implement these Regulations. This Report is important because there is Kshs1.2 billion pending bills. There are about 352 projects that are laying idle in counties. The approval of these Regulations is good news that we shall use even the Kshs6.8 billion that has been allocated in this financial year. I assure the House, as the representative of the people of Garissa Township and even my sisters and brothers from Mandera, Fafi, Dadaab, Ijara and Balambala, that we will use that money in accordance with the wishes of our people. However, we will have our day with our Government."
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