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    "id": 1255746,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Order, Hon. Members. I can fully appreciate the levels of excitement in the House. Hon. Jared Okello has raised a very important point. The Equalisation Fund, for those of us who participated in the drafting and promulgation of the 2010 Constitution, was never meant to be a devolved fund. It was a Fund that also had a sunset of 20 years. Ten years have gone without the money being put to any use because of the ping-pong between this House and the Senate. Each House wanting to be the anchor for the Fund. We also had some dysfunctional activities in the National Government on this Fund. It was originally meant to benefit counties that were presumed and believed to be marginalised, particularly in northern Kenya. Eventually, it was decided by this House, the Senate and the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) that the Fund will be applied to pockets of marginalisation in all counties of the country as they were identified. In fact, the area of focus became the sub-location. So, they have spread the money so thin across the country, from Nairobi to Mandera, Turkana, Migori and everywhere. Now that the Fund is available and we have only 10 years to go, I want to encourage this House, because this is a National Government Fund, to ensure that once this Bill is passed and assented to, you have that money to go to the ground to benefit the marginalised people."
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