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    "id": 381216,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/381216/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Looking at the statement that has been sought, it is important that we seek statements that can be answered to. It becomes very difficult on the Chairman of a Committee to answer a statement like this one sought by Sen. Hargura. If you look at the way the statement has been framed, you will see that he is asking how much money has been allocated to each of the 47 counties. I do not know what he expects the Chairman to say because there were no counties in the last 40 years. We have been having different units. That is not a question that is capable of being answered. Counties are a new creation that started the other day. Article 204 of the Constitution - whereas we may agree that the amount allocated is not sufficient - says that there shall be an Equalisation Fund of so much percentage. This is an act of good faith that the Government is doing to try and equalize. We know that the amount is not and cannot be sufficient. However, it is something that is moving in the right direction to sort out certain disparities that appear on the face of it to have been there in the last 20 years. I was thinking that this is not a question that can easily be dealt with. The first part cannot be answered because as you very well see, there were no counties. The counties are a new found thing."
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