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    "content": "The Kshs6 billion for the Equalisation Fund (EF) is now on course. Kshs87 billion was sent to our Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). For the first time, the CDF was increased under this administration. I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for convincing the Executive that CDF is important and they must support it. Finally, Kshs13.4 billion was given to the youth, women and persons with disabilities through many forums. The framers of the Constitution and the Standing Orders anticipated that once the President gives his State of the Nation Address, the people’s representatives will have an opportunity to critique it and agree or disagree. I ask my colleagues to be calm in as much as they might be on the different side of the political divide. You might have a different view of what the Government is doing the way we might have a different view on the way the opposition is running their affairs. That does not precipitate a crisis. We might disagree on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Supreme Court and on many things, but that does not precipitate a crisis Hon. Speaker, in my parting shot, I want to say that I went through many hours looking at how the State of the Nation Address is done in other jurisdictions. In North Korea, if at all they have a State of the Nation Address, the Address is done in a hotel. As provided in our Constitution, the Address is done by the sitting Heads of States to the representative of the people. That is the one we are discussing. With those many remarks, I ask the Hon. Katoo ole Metito, Chief Whip of the Majority Party, to second. I thank Members for listening to me. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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