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    "id": 796987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Of course, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Areas like Kiptororo where people are suffering and have been marginalised over the years. Therefore, we need to have Members of this House to interrogate that marginalisation policy so that we ensure that those areas that are not covered are also covered, not just the counties as was there in the first marginalisation policy. Thirdly, the Committee recommends the amendment of the Public Finance Management Act to provide the necessary safeguard of the resources in the Fund. Specifically, the Committee will move to make amendments geared towards making sure that the resources appropriated do not lapse at the end of any financial year as has happened with this Bill. That is just to safeguard this Fund just like we have done with CDF that at the end of every financial year, this Fund does not lapse and any monies that have been appropriated remain in the Fund for use to uplift these marginalised areas. Lastly, I am speaking to Members who come from the counties and constituencies that benefit from this Fund in line with the Constitution. The Fund is meant to uplift those marginalised areas in matters of health, energy and water. If you look at the Report, and Members should take interest because I do not want to be specific to any particular constituency or county; you will find projects of about Kshs20 million or Kshs30 million in specific constituencies and counties. The spirit of the Constitution with regard to the creation of this Fund was to uplift those marginalised areas. I highly doubt whether one small project of Kshs20 million to do a road will, in a big way, impact the uplifting of those marginalised areas. This is because we are being given that opportunity through public participation to identify projects, be they mega that would otherwise not be funded in any other way. For instance, if you go to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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