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    "id": 79757,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/79757/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are correct that I was contributing on the admissibility of the opposition to the Motion. I was arguing that there is absolutely nothing unconstitutional about this Motion. The Motion is questioning the accuracy of the survey, which is being used to allocate resources to constituencies. This is not a small issue when you realize that after the CDF Budget is increased by more than Kshs2 billion, constituencies receive less than what they received in the last year’s allocation. This is not a small matter. If you talk about discrimination, you are talking about those constituencies being discriminated against by being denied what they are already entitled to. They received money. However, this year when the Budget is going up, the economy is growing and the population is also growing, they are given less money. What explanations do we give to our constituents to tell them their constituency allocation has gone down from what they received last year, when the budgetary allocation by the Government is going up? So, this Motion is properly before the House. It is questioning the criteria of allocating CDF. It is also questioning the accuracy of the survey that comes out and says certain areas, some of them ASAL areas, like my area has become richer by more than Kshs6 million."
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