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    "id": 1120449,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1120449/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
        "slug": "ledama-olekina"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I believe that I am in order because Article 204 is quite clear. In any case, anyone who can read can differentiate between poverty and marginalization. Slums are mushrooming everywhere on a daily basis as a result of the rural-urban migration. However, the marginalized areas are quite clear even in the Constitution. I recently visited Marsabit County and I was shocked. People do not access to electricity. Equalization fund talks about the access to electricity, water and roads. The people of Nairobi City County benefit from a good road network such as the Express Way. The Equalization Fund intends to uplift the marginalized areas which are the ones that have been left behind in development and do not have access to the basic services. I was shocked to find out that since the equalization fund was set up, money has never been allocated. The Serem Commission did not allocate about Kshs7.4 billion. Currently, that fund has over Kshs51 billion. The Senate is supposed to unlock those funds. I agree with the courts that if the regulations were not gazetted and if the process was not clear, Parliament should step in and unlock those funds. We are now discussing modalities of unlocking the funds, but I would be lying to you and fellow Kenyans if I said that I do not want Narok County to get the Kshs2.1 billion which has been locked by a court ruling since somebody went and stopped that money from going to the counties to help people. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am looking for my notes. I am sorry I was just a bit rattled because I know how painful this is. I know how people are living in abject poverty. If you go to Marsabit, Narok, Kajiado counties, you will understand what I am talking about. It is not the entire country that people are suffering. In urban areas, it is the county governments and the national Government that neglect because the amount of money that we allocate to counties and the amount of money which Nairobi City County or cities are allocated by the national Government is a lot compared to what the people from Isiolo should be getting. I would like to beseech each one of us here to approve this regulation so that those projects which were carried out by Kenyans and were not paid for can be paid. If you look at the figures, Narok County was supposed to receive about Kshs760 million during the first policy. However, not the full amount was utilized in Narok County. If that"
}