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    "id": 1120486,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Most people who implement projects borrow from banks. There are so many people who will be bankrupted if we do not pass these regulations. These people are not only from the marginalized counties only. I am sure that the greater number of people whose money is stuck are from Nairobi City County because that is where the majority of the capital comes from. People have completed projects and have not been paid. Their capital is stuck with the Government because there is no legislation to pay because the initial regulations were rejected. Madam Temporary Speaker, I heard people talking about having one road. From Modogashe up to Wajir County, there is no good road that is at bitumen level. Every time it rains in Wajir County, people get stuck. You know the kind of insecurity we have in our place. There are certain basic services that are non-existent in some of these marginalized places. The Constitution has identified them very clearly. They are roads, health and electricity. As I speak, there are zones in Wajir County that only get electricity for three hours. The generators that we have are 10 or 20 years old. They are diesel generators. This is despite the fact that Wajir has an abundance of solar power. Seeing that there are no funds to install things like solar electricity. We are still suffering lack of electricity, yet we have solar resource in abundance. Madam Temporary Speaker, if the things are implemented, these places will be at par with other areas. If there were roads, electricity and health centres in these areas that are now marginalized were fixed, they will get out of the marginalization bracket and other people will come in. So, many of the initial 14 counties and 1,224 sub-locations that were covered by the first and second formula of the Equalization Fund will get out of that list. As for now, the criteria is set, mapping has been done and economics parameters have been measured. They will get out of that and new ones will come in. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we pass the next formula, let us look at it critically. The second generation formula was passed in June 2016 in this House. However, up to now, the areas that were impacted have not benefited from this. I urge this House to pass these regulations so that ongoing projects are completed. There are so many incomplete projects. Capital was invested and because some of them were not paid, the project is halfway done. For the others, even when the project is completed, they cannot hand over because the Government still owes them money."
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