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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "I thank you. Madam Temporary Speaker. Very briefly, I support the contributions made by everyone as we all agree that this is an important piece of legislation aimed at achieving constitutional equality across the country. As I often say, in politics, I do not believe in the idea of a wrong opinion. I always view the opinion of a leader, not as being wrong, but as another opinion, perhaps different from mine. Having said that, I am pained to remind the House, even as you celebrate little allocations of around Kshs21 million from this kitty to your county and in the process denying the original 14 counties the quantum that would have made a huge difference within a period of only 20 years, please remember that there is a difference between fighting marginalisation and fighting poverty. This was a fund intended to fight marginalisation. It had been put in place because of wrong policy that was found in Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 and the wrong attitude by governments in Nairobi that deliberately ignored certain constituencies in this country. Even as you do so, you must know that that was the spirit of the Constitution; to address this marginalisation in a period of only 20 years. The factor which now seems to be under play of using this fund to fight poverty is wrong. Poverty is fought through the formula. That is why poverty has a weighing index of 12 per cent. It will be there in perpetuity. However, fighting marginalisation was supposed to be righted in a period of only 20 years. Madam Temporary Speaker, I saw you got it very well when you were making your presentation that now that we are in year number 13. Therefore, the sunset clause should now be reviewed. If we do not review it, then the intended benefit will have been lost. 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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