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    "id": 242155,
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    "speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Last year, Kenyans voted against the Wako Draft because one of the most important aspect in that Draft was referring to devolution, which means that the only time citizens in some part of this country can benefit is when resources are taken to their districts. Yesterday, I mentioned that the technocrats in this Ministry never considered the effect that roads have on the economic factors of this country. They never considered security issues when they budgeted for this money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you take an example of Isiolo District, which is very expansive, they only allocated Kshs14 million. If you compare that amount with what was allocated to Central Province districts, we cannot help but pose a question regarding the issue of equity as far as the Government is concerned. All the roads in Central Province were funded by the Government of Kenya while the rest of the roads in other provinces were funded through borrowed money. This means that the roads in the areas where the Ministers and Assistant Ministers are coming from will get funding immediately while those ones which were represented by other hon. Members will have to wait for the loans to be approved by the donor community. This is very unfair! A district like Mwingi has been allocated Kshs7 million, while a whole district which is smaller than my constituency has been allocated Kshs1 billion. Is that fair? This is a critical issue which we must address as Parliament. I recommend that before we pass this Vote, adjustments must be made!"
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