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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "will get Kshs33 million. Kilgoris Central will get Kshs50 million, Kimintet, Kshs.54 million. Kilgoris Constituency on its own, will get Kshs289. Narok East, where I come from, will get about Kshs122 million. Narok North Constituency will get Kshs203 million. Narok South Constituency will get about Kshs230 million and Narok West Constituency will get Kshs161 million. I wish there was a way we could ring-fence these funds to ensure that those who participate in the tenders are people from those wards. That is when we can clearly define the meaning of equalization. However, what will happen, and this is the reality that my biggest pet peeve is that ‘tenderpreneurs’ and they know themselves, will be running from one office to another seeking a tender. Just like when the budget is made in this country, someone always makes sure there is a road for them. I hope that for once even if we have lost one battle, at least, we can think about the future. Sometimes we behave as if we will live forever. We will not. We are just passing through. So, we should ensure that, at least, we support our brothers who have been left behind for many years for them to get a hospital and road. Another big debate will come up. This big debate that will come up is one we defeated in the last Parliament on the issue of how resources should be divided in this country. I hope that the Equalization Fund will give us a second time to redraft Session Paper No.10 so that every part of this country can develop. I will be happy to see a child from Mosiro, where this year, many homes were closed because of the drought, become a President of this country one day. The only way we can do it is by ensuring that the Equalization Fund reaches the intended people. Secondly, as the Senate, we need to readjust the sunset clause of the money, which was set aside for the Equalization Fund. For more than eight years that money has never been sent. I am surprised that we are only getting very little. We are getting peanuts. So, as we pass this, I hope that the Committee on Finance and Budget will now go to the Consolidated Fund and see how much of that money is there. I do not believe that the Schedule that is presented here equals the amount of money that has already been set aside. I am happy to be informed."
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