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    "id": 1521327,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Namoit",
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    "content": "Exchequer releases of funds mean that up to now, no projects have been identified in the Financial Year 2024/2025. That is why marginalised areas in this country have not realised the value of the Fund. As I said earlier, Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 resulted in the marginalisation of certain areas. The Equalisation Fund intended to address that particular Sessional Paper. Unfortunately, this House and the leadership of this country have mutilated the intention of the Fund. Only 14 counties were initially identified as beneficiaries of the Equalisation Fund. However, even Nairobi County is among the current beneficiaries of the Fund. The list of beneficiaries of the Fund under Article 204 of the Constitution was not meant to be diluted. It has now been diluted, and everybody is benefiting. The Fund's intention was not to address the emerging marginalisation. It was to address the matters raised by Article 204 of the Constitution, where only 14 counties would benefit. When the period for the operationalisation of the Fund ends as envisaged in Article 204(6) of the Constitution, I urge this honourable House to assess the impact of the Fund to see whether it has addressed marginalisation. That provision is in Article 204(7) of the Constitution. I beg to support the Report by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning."
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