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    "id": 477357,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/477357/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support this Bill. I am really impressed that this time procedures of the Constitution are being followed without undue pressure and unnecessary contradictions from the National Assembly. As I rise to support this Bill, I want to draw the attention of the county governments to Article 204(6) regarding the Equalization Fund. It has escaped many of them that this is a fund that lapses after 20 years from the date of the promulgation of the Constitution. We, as a Senate, would like to see programmes and projects that have been supported directly by this funding in the counties. We do not want them just to be clustered. This was a specific fund given to counties to equalize, especially for those counties that are deemed to have suffered economic injustices from the Government. These are counties that were deemed to be lagging behind in certain programmes. I think they should be specific and present exactly which programmes they have undertaken using this fund. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also want to add my voice on the issue concerning the KNBS. The NBS is actually the bedrock of all policies that pertain to revenue allocation. I support that we need to give it adequate funding and facilitation so that the NBS is able to update its data and to present annually updated data which presents us with an updated----"
}