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    "id": 876508,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the other issue that I feel good about this law is the fact that it mandates the county governments to ensure that there is a strategy put in place and followed. It ensures that it is not just on paper, but there is related action that follows. This law envisages collaboration between departments in terms of the development of the action plans and implementation. Also, this law envisages that there are sufficient financial and human resources to ensure that this is followed. This law also requires that there is a gap analysis, because we can never ensure equality if we are not able to analyze those gaps. After analyzing, this should be ensured with an action that corrects that. Let me also commend this House for having pronounced itself continuously to be the superior House. Let me tell you why. There is what we call ward equalization fund that will be debated in this House. This will ensure that the wards that do not vote for governor do not suffer inequality. The issue of ‘the President is my person,’ is also sometimes replicated in the counties. For example, if there are sub-counties that never voted for the sitting governor – and their ‘person’ failed – it does not mean that they are not entitled to get services from the county government. This House again has pronounced itself by ensuring that there is legislation to address inequalities adequately. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other issue that I want to commend this legislation for is that sometimes Bills are passed both in the National Assembly and the Senate. However, they do not set a framework in terms of their implementation. However, in this Bill, there is a provision for delegated legislation. Clause 19 states that:- “The Cabinet Secretary, in consultation with Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance and the Commission shall, within a period not exceeding twelve months of commencement of this Act, make regulations generally for better carrying out the provisions of this Act.” It should also provide a framework for collaboration, monitoring by the Commission and national Government and the county government in the implementation of this Act. Therefore, everything that can easily lead to inequalities has been addressed. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know whether people understand the impact of the inequality that is growing, as it was much canvassed by Sen. (Dr.) Zani. These inequalities exist even within counties. Unless inequalities are addressed, the more the gap widens, the more the people will become more disgruntled. That pride of nationhood is killed by inequalities. There will be somebody out there, who has never worked hard as you, but reaps benefits that are undue to them, just because somebody who holds a high position of authority in a parastatal, for example, gives them a job, which they do not even deserve. That person may give them business opportunity instead of the people who were even more deserving because they would have given them better pricing. As a result of that, they become richer. The youth will then look up to this person, who is just a thief, for lack of a better word. That person will continue getting rich, while the hardworking Kenyans do not even get to that level."
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