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    "id": 1520374,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1520374/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gichugu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": " Yes, I said I elect, in the spirit of the letter of the Constitution that a marginalised community lives in a marginalised area. So, I would leave the definition of a marginalised group to the discriminations under Article 27(4) of the Constitution, which are the other non-discriminations about sex, race and those kinds of things. So, in this case, the Equalisation Fund is supposed to apply to a marginalised community. When we narrow down to the marginalised community, we should not limit ourselves to the pastoralists. On this definition, I support Hon. Twalib. This is because there are four meanings of a community. The definition of a marginalised community under Article 260(a) states that: “(a) a community that, because of its relatively small population, or for any other reason has been unable to fully participate in the integrated social and economic life of Kenya as a whole.” My emphasis is on ‘any other reason’. Therefore, if there is any other reason that makes a certain community not to have that economic integration, it falls within a marginalised community and area. That is why extensive research needs to be done by the Commission of Revenue Allocation, across the country. If there is a certain community in this country that lacks electricity, water, roads - we need to define ‘roads’ so as to understand the kind of roads we are talking about; any road or tarmac roads, and health facilities - that community or area is marginalised. This is according to my construction of the definition of marginalised community, under Article 260(a). Additionally, this marginalised community should not be limited to counties. We might have a county with a small section of..."
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