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    "id": 1259053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice to this very important Bill — the Equalization Fund Appropriation Bill (Senate Bill No.3 of 2023). I thank God for getting the opportunity to speak on this because I come from one of the marginalised areas, that is, Marsabit County. We have been left out for many years in terms of development. Our area has suffered because of lack of basic needs, which this Bill will take care of. We have had challenges with water and sanitation. One time we spoke to our President and we told him that if we can solve the water problem in Marsabit County, 80 per cent of our problems will have been solved. If this Equalisation Bill would have been passed and appropriated 10 years ago, I am sure that we would have transformed some of our counties that have been suffering. Water is life. Water is everything. Even in the few schools that we have, most of the time the education system is interfered with because of lack of water and sanitation. This is because we have no service roads. It is true that the Great North Road was done during President Kibaki’s time, but still many service roads have not been done. This Fund would have taken care of that. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would not want to sit down before I speak about health because it concerns each one of us. In the few hospitals and dispensaries that we have, we do not have enough equipment and facilities to help patients. The distance between one hospital to the other is huge. Imagine a woman having labour pains and she has to travel 350 kilometres to get to the hospital. 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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