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    "id": 492318,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "the essence of devolution is negated. This problem needs to be confronted by the House, for us to make meaningful progress. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Motion because if you make different categories of people to access affordable funds, you will improve money circulation in the villages and help the economy of the rural set ups. That is the only way economies of the country can grow. Therefore, what we need to ask the Government to do, subsequent to the passing of this Motion, is to come up with a legal framework to accommodate all these interests; be it the youth, women, elderly and so on and so forth. This should be done in a manner that is consistent, predictable and sustainable. We cannot overlook the fact that this country has had a history of social and economic imbalances. Whereas other parts of the country have continued to develop, other parts have continued to degenerate into poverty and hopelessness. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this kind of mega fund will help address that kind of imbalance. More importantly, if we empower our people at the individual level, we will free them from the bondage of political manipulation which thrives, of course, in poverty. Poverty is apparently political manipulation that becomes the order of the day. Even as we speak, there is a lot of this talk about Harambee because of the poverty levels in the country. Therefore, our political leaders take advantage of this situation to take rounds and manipulate the electorate; the local people by dishing out money whose source is not accountable. This is an issue we need to confront again as House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, without really belabouring the point, I wish to support this Motion. I will be liaising with the Mover so that we can make some amendments that will enable us have a harmonized fund that will help this country to move forward. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy."
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