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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the chance to contribute to this constitutional amendment Bill. To begin with, I would like to air my support for this Bill. First of all, as we must all be aware, we want to amend Article 204 of the Constitution, which relates to matters of the Equalisation Fund. As the previous contributors to this Bill said, the criteria being used by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to disburse the Equalization Fund is not right. As other contributors have said, we need to re-look at the criteria for allocation of the Equalisation Fund. Many hon. Members may not know that Mbeere North is a marginalised area. The problem is that we are lumped together with Embu County. So, everybody takes it that the poverty index of Mbeere North is not high. The Mbeere people have been marginalised since time immemorial. Kenyans celebrated 50 years of Independence with goodies having gone to their counties and constituencies. The Mbeere people were not part of that celebration. Why do I say so? We do not have proper roads in that area. There is no water. Hospitals are not fully equipped. We do not have schools. So, we are saying that we need to open up this 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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