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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Equalisation Fund Allocation Bill. It was set up to bring the areas that were marginalised to what the Constitution describes as general levels where the whole country is. Even as we look at the current Equalisation Fund allocation that we are discussing today, one of the key concerns that we should ask ourselves as a Senate is why is it that in the same counties, the same challenges that were there before devolution are still the same challenges we are experiencing in those counties. The Equalisation Fund was meant to address four sectors, health, water, roads and electricity. Of key concern to me is the issues of health and water. In terms of health, the Equalisation Fund that has been set, I am very particular with the counties that have been mentioned, including the county of Sen. Dullo. This money should be released. We make sure those facilities that have stalled there for the last three to five years are completed with that money. Madam Temporary Speaker, Isiolo County will receive over Kshs270 million. How I wish that the Governor for Isiolo County, the man who escaped the scissors of this House by a whisker, would use the opportunity that he has to redeem himself by utilizing this money and completing those hospitals. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is also a big concern when we talk of water in these counties. Yes, there is scarcity of water. However, at the same time in the rainy seasons, you will hear that there are floods and roads washed away. There is no water. How come these counties cannot prioritize, even using the equitable share allocation to make sure that they mitigate these old, long problems these counties have experienced? Madam Temporary Speaker, the Senator for West Pokot County will tell you, along the road connecting West Pokot and Turkana, there are specific places that we have been experiencing floods for the last 60 years. I do not understand why dams have not been constructed upstream to harvest that water, considering the allocation that those counties have been given. So, even as we talk about the Equalisation Fund, it should not The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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