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    "id": 561136,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/561136/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 142,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Farah",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2231,
        "legal_name": "Abdulaziz Ali Farah",
        "slug": "abdulaziz-ali-farah"
    },
    "content": "I come from one of the counties that are supposed to be beneficiaries of the Equalization Fund. Since the promulgation of the Constitution in 2010, five years down the line, that money has not been utilized. There is an allocation of about Kshs6 billion to that fund in the 2015/2016 Financial Year. It is our prayer that the money, as envisaged under Article 204(5) of the Constitution, will be available for usage in the 14 marginalized counties as has been projected by the Commission of Revenue Allocations (CRA). There seems to be a lot of investment or allocation to the agricultural sector, but we do not see paradigm shift from the normal hungry population in our country. We should see a shift from the normal hunger that we experience over the years. This is because of the over- dependence on rain-fed agriculture. As a country, we must move away from rain-fed agriculture which in most parts of the country especially the ASAL areas, that is the arid and the semi-arid parts of this country, might not be viable. Therefore, this country must now turn to the north and invest in irrigation agriculture to feed its population."
}