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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kipchoim",
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        "legal_name": "Grace Jelagat Kipchoim",
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    "content": "Thank you so much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have waited for long since 9.00 a.m. I was here very early in order to contribute to this Motion. I want to take this opportunity to thank hon. Lelelit for bringing this Bill at the right time. I come from a district and constituency which was number one in this country, but it is unfortunate that today I can attest to the fact that--- I was in the constituency on Monday. I saw the sufferings of the people. These people cannot access clean water. They brought me water which was infested with leeches. These people do not have roads. You can note the way I am walking, it is not my normal walking style. It is because on Monday I walked for 45 kilometres. Today I cannot walk properly because I walked a lot and got tired. Those places in Baringo South and Tiaty are stealing from one another and somebody is thinking here that I am fighting my good friend, hon. Kamama because he said that there is no Government there and yet he is the Government. So, you wonder which Government he wants. His people have started equalizing by stealing from all the other neighbouring constituencies. Today I am standing here as a very demoralized Member of Parliament because my people are not living in their houses because of this problem of unequalization. These people are suffering. They do not have animals; they have all been stolen. This is the first district. It was carved from Baringo Central which was represented by the retired President of this country. When somebody looks at me, they think that this is the only constituency that has everything. I want to tell this House that Baringo is one of the marginalized areas. The speaker who spoke before me told us that there were some districts which were closed. Baringo was one of the closed districts. You could only visit Baringo if you had a permit. So, the Equalisation Fund has come at the right time and I want to say that it should go down not only to the county governments. Let us, through the Member, see that we take it closer to the people. If it is 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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