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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngikor",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Ngikor Nixon",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I believe I was the first one in the Chamber this morning, but I thank you for giving me this chance. When we talk of marginalization, I am the person who is supposed to contribute to this Motion. I beg my colleagues to support it so that we can bring these areas at par with the other parts of the country. We are now nearing Vision 2030, but in areas like Turkana and northern Kenya, if we do not go the route of these amendments, those areas cannot talk about Vision 2030. I support this Bill, so that we can have an Equalization Fund to go to the smallest unit of devolution, namely, the constituencies, for the benefit of these areas. These areas should be like the rest of the country where we have roads, water, schools and health centres. There is a Member who has said that the Government is not in some areas of this country. It is not about the Government not being there, but it is the services which the Government is supposed to deliver. I represent the Suguta Valley and it is shameful for somebody to say that there is a Government there. In Suguta Valley, there is not even an assistant chief, who represents the Government at that level. If they are not there, how can we say that the Government is there? So, the Member who said that the Government is not in Suguta Valley is right and the information is now coming from me, who represents that area. We cannot talk of one Kenya when in some parts of this country there is no water, schools, hospitals or any representation of the Government on the ground. Time has come for us, Members of this House, to find out how we can bring our people together. Water, schools and health are everywhere, but not in these areas. We cannot talk about one Kenya when in some parts of this country, there is no water. For instance, in my area, there is not even a single security officer in some of these areas. With regard to the structure that we should use to devolve these funds, I support the CDF way. We have tried Nairobi in the old Constitution and it failed. Nothing reached these areas. One month down the line, we have tried the county and everything is a mess. We have had the CDF for the last 11 years and we have seen some fruits out of it. Why can we not go that way? We should go that route of the CDF, so that Kenyans in these areas can get this money the same way they are getting the CDF. In my constituency, the only health centre that we have was constructed using CDF. The schools that we have and the only borehole are through the CDF. I support."
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