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    "id": 1085568,
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    "speaker_name": "Chepalungu, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Koske",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kimutai Koske",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will use only two minutes because of the time and demand from my colleagues. I want to thank the team that came up with these regulations, led by my good friend Hon. Kamket. These are good regulations that will bring balance to the national cake for many of the constituencies that have been left out for many years. This Fund was meant to balance the key sectors of human life, that is roads, water, health facilities and electricity. I come from one of the hardship areas to live in. In Chepalungu, we fall in the category of constituencies that should benefit from this kitty. In the last financial year, the Fund was allocated Kshs26 billion, out of which we got nothing. I hope this time round, by raising the number of beneficiaries from 14 counties to 34, Chepalungu will be among the beneficiaries. From the parameters being considered in selecting the benefitting areas, my constituency fully falls under this kitty. I lost the hardship allowance for teachers and yet all surrounding constituencies like Emurua Dikirr and Narok West get the same. That has been a big problem. The challenges that we face in Chepalungu are the same ones faced by the two neighbouring constituencies. On this kitty, we should look at the poverty index, development record and Government institutions like primary and secondary schools and tertiary institutions. In my constituency, we are leading in the number of such institutions. NG-CDF can do minimal work as expected because the number of schools are too many compared to what was received in the NG-CDF kitty. The term “pastoralist” needs a better definition. If we use it to mean Northern Kenya, then, I find it not to be the right term to consider. For us who practice pastoralism and dairy farming, we get minimal returns from it. We, therefore, expect this kitty to come and balance the health sector in my constituency, power connectivity and road networks. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this regulation."
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