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    "id": 1120520,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. These regulations and the Report have been very clearly submitted in this House as required by law. The Equalisation Fund has been something which we have been expecting to improve the living conditions of people in the marginalised areas. It is clear in law that in our Constitution, we set out to provide 0.5 per cent of our budget of all the revenues collected by the national Government in each year. However, has that been followed? From what we have been given, by the Financial Year 2018/2019, there should have been about Kshs29.4 billion set aside, but only Kshs21.7 billion has been allocated. It is clear that the national Government is not following the Constitution there. We demand that by the time this fund is implemented, then it should be the entitled amount and not the actual allocated amount. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the implementation, it is clear we had the first generation formula which CRA did. It came up with 14 counties. The amount allocated of Kshs12.4 billion has not been spent. That is where the pressure is coming from because, initially, projects had been identified, procurement and works done in some cases and they have not been paid. That is what Members are referring to."
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