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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I will avoid commenting on the final remarks of my friend, Sen. Cherarkey, for obvious reasons that he does not perhaps appreciate the power of his boss; who is not in the Senate but is on the streets in the name of the people of Kenya. Those are the people who have employed you. Sometimes, I go to the streets to answer to my boss. This is an important Bill. The Constitution establishes the Equalization Fund as was well articulated by the Mover of the Motion, the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget, captain and party leader, Sen. Ali Roba. However, two things have been a challenge since the inception of this Fund with the dispensation of the new Constitution, 2010. The first one was the issue of how to distribute the Fund. That issue was well defined by the Constitution under Article 216. It established the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) which is mandated to figure out how that money is distributed. Through that lens, CRA has been able to do two things. One, is to identify policy angles that define the process for identification of 14 counties that have been historically marginalized. After doing some work, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale was concerned about identifying other pockets of marginalization that have existed both directly and indirectly because of actions or inactions of previous Governments."
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