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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute on this fund. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010, as we all know emphasises human rights. The principles of human rights, particularly equity, as a key principle that ought to be applied in governance in order to give opportunity to every Kenyan and every region to actualise the benefits of within our country. First, I would like to commend the Government, the 13th Parliament and the Fourth Senate, for having operationalized the Equalisation Fund. As you are aware, this fund was intended to be a time-limited fund that was supposed to be operationalized as soon as we began implementing devolution in 2013. However, this fund has never been operationalized. It is so sad that it is one of the tools of equality that was ignored by the Jubilee Government. It is now 13 years. I am glad that at least now we are in the second phase of sharing out this fund. The Equalisation Fund had a particular purpose. It is an affirmative action fund that was intended to be deployed towards fast-tracking the basic development environment in areas that have been marginalised. We have a country that has a lot of disparities, a country where you will have a constituency whose worry about the schools 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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