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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu West, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": "I want to talk about two areas that have not been touched. As a Committee, we ensured that counties are also allocated money. Lack of money in the counties impedes operations and service delivery, hindering development. Staff go unpaid and pending bills continue to increase. This is a constitutional matter. Counties need to get money on time. There is also the issue of the Equalisation Fund. We took the Treasury to task to pay the arrears. If this money was given to the counties that deserve it, some of the issues that we have been deliberating on in this House would have been sorted out in order to take care of historical injustices in those counties. Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to say two things. One, drought cannot only be used as an excuse for why the economy is performing poorly. We should ensure that the people affected by drought get food on time. It is important to note that some counties have not received a drop of rainfall for the last three years. Imagine their livestock are dead and they do not have food to put on the table. We know that a hungry nation will not be wealthy or healthy. I call upon the ministries in charge of food distribution to make sure that once we appropriate this money, food gets to the people that truly deserve it and on time. Two, on the Ksh400 million that was allocated for security operations in the North Rift, it is important that we ensure that our people are secure and continue with their normal livelihoods in peace. On the NG- CDF arrears, many of us have stalled projects in the constituencies. If money is not wired to the constituencies, we cannot complete the projects. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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