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    "id": 422937,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/422937/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2469,
        "legal_name": "G.J. Munuve Mati",
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    "content": "The only basis on which I base my argument is the allocation of CDF and other resources. If I use indicators like tarmac, Kitui Central has got a tarmac road that cuts across it. I have got only 800 meters - not even 1 kilometer. If we look at water, Kitui Central has the biggest pipeline in our county. I have less than 1 per cent of the population in my constituency who access clean water. So, I have all the facts. However, this is not a matter of comparison between Kitui Central and Mwingi North. I do not represent Mwingi Central. I have every right to speak for the great people of Mwingi North. They have been resilient for the last 50 years in terms of suffering in silence. So, it was rather out of order for the Member for Kitui Central to compare the “London” of Kitui County with Kyuso, where the wretched of the earth have had to contend with a lot of suffering. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to support. I would still urge that rather than use the county as the yardstick for deciding which areas should benefit from the Equalisation Fund, we should use the constituency as we do for the Constituencies Development Fund. If we just generalise, some big pockets of this country, like Mwingi North, which has about 30 per cent of the population of Kitui County, will be left out of the development process. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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