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    "id": 1519999,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "projects and programmes, prepare a workplan setting out a report on the public participation undertaken during the process of identification of programmes and projects. The Bill, therefore, provides that the workplan shall be submitted to the Board. Therefore, the Committee recommended that Clause 9(1)(j) be amended to provide that the Board shall oversee the public participation. Again, this is a measure to ensure that the Board only oversees the public participation, but that the actual project identification and implementation is done by people at the county and sub-county level who are affected by a particular project and understand the needs of the societies in which the Equalisation Fund is supposed to benefit. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this Bill seeks to provide a robust framework for the effective administration of the Equalisation Fund and ensure that marginalised areas in Kenya receive the necessary resources to improve essential services. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the Members of the Committee and the members of the public, who came in large numbers to provide their views that have improved the reports that we will table in the House on how to improve the Bill. In conclusion, it is unfair, unnatural and evil that whereas there are services that are freely enjoyed in some parts of the country where they have piped water, tarmacked roads and electricity, there are still other places in this country that have never seen an inch of a tarmac road. It is unfair that in 2024, there are many parts of this country where a whole constituency is not connected to the national grid. It is unfair that some parts of this country have never even seen murram roads, and only imagine how a road should be. Whereas we have large marginalised areas, it is also unfair that we also have pockets of marginalisation within areas that appear to be well developed. There are very many places in this country that do not have electricity and have never had water. We, therefore, hope that the actualisation of the Equalisation Fund will ensure equity and fairness in distribution of resources across the country."
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