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    "id": 1106571,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support this report by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. It is important that it has come at this time. We have strict timelines for these reports. I fully support it. In the first marginalization policy, they used counties as units. I am happy with the second marginalization policy that was developed by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). They marginalized areas, not counties. For example, in Nandi, you can go to Nandi Hills or Mosop and think that the entire Nandi County is full of milk and honey, not knowing that parts of Tinderet, Mosop and Nandi Hills sub counties have challenges. I really agree with this. I am happy that there are areas in Tinderet sub-county that have been identified. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the identification that was done by CRA, 1,424 sub locations were used as the marginalized areas, which is 20 per cent. These areas form five million Kenyans who have been identified through this process. Out of 1,424 sub locations that have been used as marginalized areas, Nandi has received 17 areas in Tinderet sub county because of recurrence of landslides and other vagaries of weather. Two other areas have been identified in Nandi Hills sub county. I wish that in the future, identification of the areas through this Equalization Fund that has been set under Article 204 would also include parts of Mosop sub county, so that we can be beneficiaries of it as we envisaged. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I heard my brother, Sen. Sakaja, indicate that as we identify the marginalized areas in the future, we must also look at the urban and rural poor. In Nairobi, you can live one or two kilometres from a dispensary. In Nandi, Makueni and other areas, you can live 5 or 15 kilometres from a dispensary. We need to identify these areas, especially in the city. About 60 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could be in Nairobi, but the question should be, there are"
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