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    "id": 565999,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "And a small position of the Leader of the Majority Party. Because my people did not have the opportunity to produce the many successive vice-presidents, prime ministers and presidents, we were marginalised. We have no roads, we have very poor healthcare systems, we have no water and the education sector is now crumbling at the mercy of the Al Shabaab threats. We thought our saviour would be the devolved system of government. Today, I am happy that we are receiving over Kshs70 billion of the Kshs287 billion. We expect more roads, healthcare facilities and better facilities in the education sector. I hope the governors, county assemblies and the county executives from that region will make history in that the money allocated under the new dispensation will be to the benefit of our people. I am happy this morning that in this Bill, the Senate has allocated more resources to county assemblies for them to have staff, offices and the capacity to oversee the county governments. If you look at the Kshs10.67 billion which has been given by the development partners, your will find that about 40 per cent is going to the marginalised counties. If you look at the health equipment that the national Government is partnering with the county governments--- I was driving from Makueni and I decided to go through Machakos and see what Hon. Mutua is talking about. I went to that hospital about 10 days ago. If you see the new Machakos The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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