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    "id": 1259044,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Let me begin by saying that I support this Motion on Equalisation and Appropriations Bill 2023. In supporting this Bill, I would like to say that we have just seven years before the end of this Equalisation Policy and yet, we have not been able to allocate the required resources in full. As a House so far, we have only allocated about Ksh26 billion and appropriated Ksh12 billion only. So, out of Ksh54 billion which this House should have allocated by now, we have a huge deficit. This House must endeavour to allocate all those resources to this Fund. Secondly, the marginalisation policy which is in place is not very comprehensive because there are many sections of this country that have not been factored in this policy. An example is my constituency. I have not benefitted completely from this policy and yet, I have pockets of areas that should be considered as marginalised. I would like to urge that the next policy, which is going to be in place, must be comprehensive to capture all the areas in this country that deserve those resources. This Fund is very important. I was going through a Report of Kenya National Bureau of Statistics on poverty. It is very sad that large sections of this country are still very poor, for example, Turkana and Mandera. It is important that we endeavour to allocate sufficient resources so that those sections can catch up with other parts of the country. We need to have a country that is fair, that every part and every section contributes to the overall development of the country. If we continue to have a country that is really marginalised, where a large section of the country is not contributing to the overall development, we will never achieve the aspirations we have as a country of being developed. 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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