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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "I have the Floor. That is self-inflicted marginalisation because you cannot have pockets of marginalisation in the island of plenty. We cannot argue on the Floor of this House that Kiambu is rich, but there are pockets of marginalisation. What has caused that yet they had the leadership? They had Members of Parliament and Ministers. What caused that? That argument cannot sell to the majority in this House. It is after 53 years of Independence that some of us have seen a tarmac road arriving in Marsabit. There are those who have been driving on tarmac roads since they were born. So, we cannot suddenly, late in the day, try to argue on the Floor of this House that marginalisation is not real. The 14 counties which have been picked from the beginning by the Committee on Revenue Allocation are the true marginalised areas and you cannot argue otherwise. If, in the wisdom of this House, more areas are included, let us look for more funds so that we can bring them on board. But you cannot cut it down to remove the limbs and hands of those who are still struggling. You are saying that Turkana County receives the highest allocation. Go to Turkana and you will feel that you must give more to Turkana. This particular Motion is so important and very close to our hearts. For some of us, devolution brought the second independence. With it, we have this Fund. It is a special Fund, but what suddenly has happened is that there are fellows who are feasting on this Fund at the Treasury. We are not seeing it. The Budget and Appropriations Committee should make sure that this Fund, like any funds allocated, is properly appropriated and overseen. The projects that we see in the Schedule must be done and not seen to be done. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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