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    "id": 1300339,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Secondly, I know there is matter that is pending before this House. I call upon Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs), in the areas that have been listed as marginalised and therefore benefiting from this fund. I want these MCAs to realise that there will be additional allocations to their wards. This must be taken very seriously. The funds that we are taking to the 17 wards in Kitui out of the four constituencies that have benefited from this Fund, are additional funds specific to development. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Kshs139 million is going to Kitui East Constituency to cover Chuluni, Endau/Malalani, Mutito/Kaliku, Voo/Kyiamatu and Zombe/Mwitika wards. These amounts must be seen to be undertaking basic services in those wards. The same applies to the monies that is going to Kitui South, Mwingi Central, Mwingi North and all the other wards in all the 34 constituencies that have benefited from this Fund. We do not want to end up with a situation where this money is released to the counties and then governors realise that they now have additional funds to recruit more staff and do other things, outside of the wards that have been identified. That is very important for MCAs to understand. There are monies that have been allocated to specific counties for basic services. Those monies must be spent in those wards and provide those basic services. In support, I thank this House for agreeing with me, because I know that they will, to send Kshs418,142,557 to Kitui County for the Equalisation Fund. With those remarks, I support."
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