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    "id": 1462665,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to second this Motion. I strongly request colleagues in this House is to reject the attempt by the National Assembly to reduce the money that was meant for equalization to any other figure. I am talking about the letter and spirit of the Constitution of Kenya. In 2005, when delegates carefully drawn from all groups of stakeholders met in Bomas of Kenya and unanimously agreed that we needed to right that wrong of historical injustice that had been vested upon some of the arid and semi-arid counties, where they were deliberately marginalized from 1965. We not only wrote it into the Constitution, but even stated that it is a deliberate move not to fight poverty. At that time, 14 beneficial counties were identified. Senate Majority Leader, I do not know what happened while I was away for five years. I do not understand how marginalisation morphed into the need to use equalisation funds to fight poverty. Poverty exists in all our counties, Nairobi City County and the privileged Kiambu County included. Kiambu County is privileged because it has written in the history of this country that they have produced two presidents; one for 15 years and another one for 10 years, giving a total of 25 years. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the old bad mindset, part of the reason our children are pouring in the streets in the name of Gen Z, is that development has tended to follow where the executive comes from. So, we needed to right this."
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