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    "id": 1232527,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1232527/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill is to authorise the issuance of a sum of money out of the equalization fund and its applications towards the provision of basic services such as water, roads, health facilities and electricity to marginalised areas, before the end of the financial year on 30th June, 2023. You have to note that 34 counties have been captured and Nandi County is one of the counties that have been captured. I am happy. I know there is an argument under Article 204 that the counties captured should be specific to marginalised areas. However, through the CRA, there is a formula. I am happy that out of the 47 counties, 34 were able to qualify. That is why I said that the traditional poverty that we know is totally different. When you go to Kiambu, it could be one of the wealthiest counties, but we have the urban poor. When you come to Nairobi, there are many families that go without food and they are what we call the urban poor. There is also the creation of infrastructural evictees that when infrastructure is being built, we evict Kenyans. This was the case in Ruai and in many other areas during the COVID-19 period. That is how they qualified as marginalized areas. The aspect of marginalization needs to be debated on and changed."
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