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    "id": 1562178,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1562178/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon.Musalia Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": " The issues that you have raised are weighted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. I do not want to break down all of them but the core areas are: 1. Food unavailability and inaccessibility. 2. Water availability and inaccessibility. 3. Transport and communication services. 4. Access to social services such as schools and hospitals. 5. Climatic conditions which are broken down to the specific different climates mentioned. 6. Security and other threats, including human-wildlife conflict, cattle rustling and banditry. All these factors are in the weighted document. Even the Budget document that has been brought to our notice by Hon. Speaker has gone through the Cabinet and then it has been presented to Parliament. It has the final view of the whole Budget. Equally, it is important for the Cabinet to look at this document. I am fully aligned to the idea that once the Cabinet has approved it, it is important that Parliament also has a chance to review and comment on it. On this basis, we shall have a holistic approach to finding a solution and harmonise this sensitive area. We want to avoid people getting freebies. This is where areas that do not deserve to be categorised as hardship masquerade as hardship areas. We do not want to have a situation where areas that have significantly changed as a result of devolution and economic prosperity from hardship areas to very well-developed areas continue to benefit. We are looking for fairness and equity across board. During the implementation of devolution aspect, we focused on the Equalisation Fund to specifically help in intervening in some of these areas. Hon. Speaker, with your permission, this has been a very important engagement. As we look at the future, we need to be conscious that resources are scarce. The ones that are there must be used and distributed effectively and fairly to all deserving Kenyans wherever they may be. That is the policy direction we take."
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