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    "id": 913015,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/913015/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to comment on this Petition. One, I want to ask the committee, as they look into this Petition, not only to focus on Ndaragwa Constituency. As we have heard, many members are raising issues because the classifications that were done before were skewed. If you check the Equalisation Fund, you will find that there are some areas that benefit from it while there are areas under similar conditions and environment that do not benefit from it. Hon. Nyamai said something important that this Petition requires a multi-agency approach. That includes the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) so that they can classify and clarify why some civil servants receive hardship allowance while others do not. There is also need for the ministries to reclassify areas afresh based on constituencies. When you talk about counties, where I come from in Kerio Valley, it is a hardship area. This is the case and yet we do not benefit from the Equalisation Fund. Baringo, which is the same as Kerio Valley does not benefit, but other counties that are better than Elgeyo Marakwet benefit. There is need for this Petition to be looked into, not only for Ndaragwa constituency, but the entire country. I support."
}