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    "id": 894506,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/894506/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wundanyi, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Danson Mwashako",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13509,
        "legal_name": "Danson Mwashako Mwakuwona",
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    "content": "infrastructure, human-wildlife conflict and reluctance by teachers to take positing in the county due no hardship status; THAT, 62 per cent of land in Taita Taveta County is under wildlife, leaving very little land for viable economic activity by residents, compounded by lack of title deeds or ownership, the county still registers the lowest electricity connectivity at 10 per cent of homes connected to power as opposed to CRA claims that the area is adequately connected; THAT, the idea to spread the Equalisation Fund thinly to 34 counties up from 14 counties is ill-advised as counties enjoy equitable share of revenue and that the counties are able to sort out challenges in their sub-locations or small areas with resources allocated to them; THAT, the CRA did not establish the level of impact achieved by the first marginalisation fund policy, neither did they submit a report of actual findings to the National Assembly for deliberation before attempting to review and implement the new policy; THAT, the proposed second policy and criteria for sharing revenue among marginalised counties or areas adopted by CRA has not been approved by Parliament for implementation as provided in Article 216(5) of the Constitution; THAT, efforts to have the matter resolved amicably and render a permanent solution through the concerned government departments has been unsuccessful; THAT, the matters in respect of which this petition is raised are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning— (a) Recommends that CRA include sub-counties and all areas of Taita Taveta County among the beneficiary areas in the second policy and criteria for sharing revenue among marginalised counties; (b) Causes the CRA to conduct public participation in the initial 14 counties before attempting to review the policy, including carrying out the level of impact achieved by the first policy and submit a report of actual findings to the National Assembly; (c) Recommends that CRA reintroduces roads as an indicator of marginalisation as stipulated in Article 204 of the Constitution; and (d) Recommends that the CRA conducts actual visits of marginalised areas and endeavour to build on the first-hand findings of the first policy instead of relying on outdated or erroneous data as parameters to measure marginalisation. And you petitioners will ever pray. Thank you."
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