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    "id": 477454,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with regard to the Equalization Fund, my submission is that it is dismal and will not make much difference. But even that little amount has not been utilized because it has not been availed to the 14 counties which are supposed to benefit. When we inquired, we were told that the regulations are not in place. Who is supposed to put those regulations in place? If it is the Senate or the National Assembly, then we are failing and somebody has to take the blame. These regulations have to be in place, so that, that amount of money can be availed to the counties which are supposed to benefit. How that money will be availed also has to be very clear in the regulations, because we have a tendency in this country where the Members of the National Assembly would like to have a say in any funds which come from the national Government. They start doing executive work with it and that is how those funds will be misdirected because people will apply for those funds along political inclinations. This will not actually address the issue of marginalization. When it comes to the Commission on Revenue Allocation formula, we have to see how we can cure the element of marginalization through inclusion of development index and even looking at how those factors like the land size and population were put in place. We have to see how we can use them for---"
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