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    "id": 422948,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to start by thanking all the Members of this House for overwhelmingly supporting this Bill. With the bipartisan spirit exhibited in this House during the debate on this Bill, and the trust that I have in the Eleventh Parliament, I am confident that the Bill, if passed, will bring a positive change to people in marginalised parts of this country. Hon. Speaker, what we are doing for the marginalised communities is not unique to Kenya. This is something which has been done in many developed countries, and it still continues to be done even in the most developed countries in the world. Australia has set up an equalisation fund, and it is still in place. Canada puts a lot of money into that country’s equalisation fund – the equivalent of Uganda’s GDP or about US$16 billion a year. There is something I want to point out. The perception that is out there is that the Equalisation Fund is a county fund. That is a wrong perception. It is actually a creation of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). The CRA was mandated to make recommendations on marginalised areas, as stipulated under Article 204(2) of the Constitution. 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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