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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, Tana River County is a beneficiary of the Equalisation Fund. These are realities. Last week, when I was at home, I was informed that large areas like Vumbwe, Sailoni, Wema and all those areas near the Tana River Delta Irrigation Scheme do not have electricity. They had high hopes that they will be able to access electricity. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that they will be able to access electricity because the processes of equalization fund, which included sitting down at the ward level, agreed that instead of voting for water and the other things, they would all agree on electricity because electricity would affect the entire ward. An amount of Kshs30 million was allocated for that purpose and everybody has been wondering, where is the electricity? It is very sad to hear today that the National Assembly has voted to remove Kshs790 million from the monies that Senate had passed, Kshs10.7 billion. For us, it is a reality that what the National Assembly has done is that it has voted against the interest of Tana River County. I stand on behalf of the people of Tana River County, as a delegation that we say that we must reject that reduction. Why? Because we are waiting for the electricity, the Kshs30 million that we voted for this equalization fund; we are waiting because of the various projects that we had passed. Sometimes the National Assembly does not connect as much as we do with our counties. So, sometimes they pass votes, they pass Bills, they pass decisions that are anti- people. How can you marginalize those who are already marginalized? When you cut money that is supposed to go to the 36 counties where marginalisation was orchestrated from the 1965 Sessional Paper No.10 up to today, it is marginalising those already marginalised. So, I will just end it there by saying what the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget has recommended in this report is what we should all stand with. We should stand 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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