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    "id": 1259039,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1259039/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to speak to this Senate Bill. I want to thank the framers of the Constitution for having thought it wise that it is important to have an equalisation fund that will bring some other parts of the country to the equal level with the others. We realise that since we attained Independence, there are certain regions in this country that lack basic social amenities such as hospitals, roads, electricity, schools and many others. It is, therefore, in the wisdom of the framers of our Constitution that we need to have a fund that will only be meant for areas that are least developed than others. As the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has just put it, the areas mentioned are mainly the Arid and Semi-Arid Areas. Pockets of poverty spread across all our counties. Areas such as North Eastern…"
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