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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "s Speaker, Hon. Ole Kaparo, and I am not casting in any way any aspersions against you, the Senator for Mombasa County would have been thrown out of the House immediately for that remark that there is too much water in Turkana. This is the same impunity that we saw in South Africa when Steve Biko was lying there dying from hunger. The white leaders who were in Parliament that day were saying that Steve Biko was just having a headache and he would be fine. We have to be mindful of the challenges in Turkana County. I know the Senator for Mombasa County is not a well-travelled man. He is a professional who has been a bookworm all the way from the days he was in high school up to now when he is a good lawyer. He has to read all the time. There is no water in Turkana, Tana River, Baringo, Wajir and Mandera. Those are the counties that we wanted to give water, electricity, roads and health facilities, so that they can come close to Nairobi City, Kiambu, Murang’a, and Meru counties. Today, Meru County is competing for those funds. Anyway, I support that we should reject this deliberate effort to water down the intention of Equalisation Fund. It is now only remaining seven years. Before we know it, in seven years' time, the period for equalisation will have come to an end. The billions that were supposed to have been taken there, now amounting to Kshs48.8 billion, have never gone there into the Equalisation Fund account. We will soon be asked by this Constitution to extend the period of equalisation. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those many remarks, I second this Motion. I beg colleagues to reject this proposal from the National Assembly. I thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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