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    "id": 1161543,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "structure. We need to figure out how to solve this problem once and for all. Otherwise, it will continue being an audit query year in year out. Another reason why I support this Bill, but it leaves a lot to be desired, is because of the issue of the Equalization Fund. I know the Constitution defines how much should be set aside for the Equalization Fund, but I hope that Kenyans who used to work in the past 10 years will be paid their money. The Equalization Fund has been allocated Kshs7 billion to support marginalized counties. What happens to the money that is still in that Fund that has not been utilized? This is a question I hope the National Treasury will resolve once and for all. We passed the regulations in this House and appointed people to serve in that board. I hope that this time around, Kenyans who were given tenders to build clinics, boreholes and roads in marginalized counties will be paid their money. I also hope that part of the Kshs7.068 billion, which has been reserved for the Equalization Fund, will be used to support youth initiatives and projects in marginalized communities. It is evident that in this country, it depends on who you know for you to be given a tender in order to uplift your standards of living or your community. I hope that every institution, including the county governments where money will go to, will give priority to the youth and women, so as to narrow down on the gap between the rich and the poor. The total shared revenue is about Kshs2.1 billion and about Kshs1.7 billion will remain with the national Government. Nevertheless, sometimes when people see those big numbers like Kshs1.7 trillion, they say that the county government should get more money. However, I think people should be alive to the fact that our debt is quite high and that the National Government carries out so many other functions that county governments do not carry."
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