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    "id": 1094026,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1094026/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I support Sen. (Dr.) Zani on this. There are encouraging issues coming out. The issue of division of resources in the country is what brings a lot friction. This is because others feel that they are left out when it comes to sharing resources. So, this Bill will help us to bring not just harmony in terms of how we handle our resources, but amongst ourselves, as Kenyans, so that we feel we belong, share and none will be left behind. Yesterday, we had regulations on issues of Equalization Fund that are being developed and handled by Sen. Faki. These issues came about because we are saying we are not equal. There are people who have been left out of sharing of resources for a very long time since Independence. That is why these communities or sections of Kenyan population came out to assert themselves not from anywhere else, but from the Constitution itself. This is so that they are heard, considered and also share like everybody else. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is going to 20 years and it is going to go to 30 years, we have not yet addressed the issue of how we are sharing resources in this country. We have not even brought to par those ones that have been left behind so much that they had to assert themselves in the last Constitution of 2010. This is so that we all feel we are now at the same level and we can move forward together. A lot of sections and areas in this country are not developed while others are over developed. I do not know whether there is something like over development because technology is coming in every other day with new things. I think this Bill can be a blessing to those that feel the resource have not been shared in the right manner. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy that devolution has come in to bring us somewhere. I cannot even imagine how it was before this devolution. At least now, there is something from the national cake that is coming down to the counties, but we still have so much to be done. The other day, I had a Statement where a section of people around an area called Kipeto wrote a memo to me saying that we have this wind power projects that are being developed around our areas, but not even a sweeper is employed. So, you import inclusive labour from elsewhere that is not even expertise. It is very minimal, but"
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