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    "id": 1383872,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "We, therefore, must not just pass this resolution, that this money be shared equitably and equally among the 290 constituencies. It should and must be shared based on the needs of each constituency. If I only need another two transformers to reach 90 or 100 per cent of my constituents… I was in Khwisero the other day where the President was commissioning the opening of Khwisero Technical Vocational Education and Training Institute (TVET). That TVET got its first transformer the day before the President appeared there. My TVET in Kikuyu had a transformer 10 years ago. In budget-making, we must be fair and ensure that development is shared equitably across the country. That does not mean that we must all get an equal amount. Money that I may not need in my constituency for certain endeavours, I probably will need more money for water to reach the people in Ndeiya but less for electricity, and allow the people of Khwisero or those of Narok North or Emgwen for that matter, as the Member of Emgwen has said. When we come to the actual Budget Estimates, I want to beg the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Members to ensure that this money is shared in a way that creates equity across the country. This is to ensure that those who have no access to electricity will get it first before we decide to share this money equitably."
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