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    "id": 1289308,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1289308/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Every time there are pilot projects, you will see that the project is on certain counties and not others. After those pilot projects are done, the project disappears and you are told that maybe the pilot never worked. However, during that time, the five or six counties benefited, having been given that money. Our counties where we come from are never in those pilot projects. We want those people in Treasury to start being serious and know that this country is bigger than Nairobi and a few other counties. We belong to the same country and need to be treated fairly and equally. I speak this advisedly because I know so many of the northern Counties have suffered the same segregation that we have suffered over a long period of time because the same people in Treasury are the ones who come with these Bills. They never do consultations. By the time they come here, they are just telling us, “help us to pass this Bill,” but they are the same people from the same areas. That is why I want to use the Floor of this House also to call for changes in that Treasury. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we want to see more people from Arid and Semi- Arid Land (ASAL) Areas being employed in Treasury. Treasury is full of just one tribe. It is a known fact that a certain political dimension is there. They keep employing from the same area, the same people and the same thinking. That is why we, who are from the northern part of Kenya, are not inside there when the planning is being done. When the division of these revenues are being planned, we are left out. The attitudes are the same. When you finish this administration, the next administration people tell you that this person has been in National Treasury for long, and so, he knows what to do and how the budget cycle goes. Again, we are left behind. The National Treasury needs reforms. In fact, maybe it is time we need a clear tabling of the names of the employees in Treasury. We want to know how many people from Tana River County are in Treasury and the positions they are holding. Maybe it will advise us why they sometimes keep on doing things that do not make sense. I pray that fairness be part and parcel of this country. We will not keep quiet. We will keep on talking until something is done."
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