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    "id": 1300196,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1300196/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Oburu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 194,
        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
        "slug": "oburu-odinga"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, if you went to some of these ASALs, you will see the type of marginalisation meted out over a very long time. I used to work for the National Treasury in the Department of ASALs and I travelled extensively all over the country. I saw the lack of facilities and the distances travelled to reach certain facilities. Over and above the poverty levels spread across the country, this fund was created as an affirmative action. It was not forever, but for a specific period of time; up to 20 years from the time of promulgation of the Constitution. The Constitution has now existed for 13 years, so I think it will exist for another seven years or so. Madam Temporary Speaker, the way these monies are being distributed, I do not think we shall have achieved what was called equalisation at the end of the next seven years. There will be no equalisation because it is being spread so thinly across the board. Having said that, I am grateful and happy that my county is getting Kshs33 million distributed in three constituencies. However, what I have said is my overall belief in how this fund ought to have been dispensed with. I support this Bill and hope that those 34 counties that have benefited, will use the funds appropriately to address the pockets of marginalised areas within those counties. With those few remarks, I support."
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