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    "id": 1440145,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1440145/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": "Where I come from, Nyanza Province to be specific, all successive regimes have given us a wide berth. We have tried as much as we can with the limited resources generated by our people to make ends meet. We have met headwinds along the way. At times we have succeeded while at others we have failed because of lack of resources which are channeled to other regions. Anyway, here we are, just like anybody else. When the drafters of our Constitution came up with this idea, it was infused into law. The CoG thereafter went to court and challenged who ought to superintendent these funds. Was it the national Government or county governments? This matter has dragged in our courts of law for over 10 years. The only time these monies were expended to deserving counties was once. The projects that were earmarked to be funded by the Equalisation Fund are only 20 per cent done. In the last Parliament, I sat in the Special Funds Accounts Committee and we visited a few. Only 20 per cent had been done, 11 years down the line. This money had a timeframe which was not open-ended. This has delayed it from being fully implemented. As we talk about marginalisation, to date six schools in my constituency are still marooned as a result of flooding by River Nyando, together with the lake that is coming out…"
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