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    "id": 455696,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Thank you. Next time, I am sure I will do better. This Bill seeks to amend Article 204 of the Constitution of Kenya to allow for the disbursement of the Equalization Fund away from the purview of the national Government, so that the funds can be distributed at the constituency level. The Equalization Fund is established under Article 204 of the Constitution of Kenya and under Chapter 12 of Public Finance. That Fund is among many other funds that are provided for by the Constitution. It is like the Consolidated Fund and the Account Revenue Fund. When the framers of our Constitution thought of an equalization fund, they had fixed half a percentage point on the audited national revenue every year to go to marginalized areas of our country. That is how the Equalization Fund was established. Half of the percentage point of our audited revenues is meant to go to marginalized areas and not counties across our country. The Constitution is very clear. It does not talk about counties. It talks about marginalized areas."
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