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    "id": 927340,
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    "speaker_name": "Wundanyi, WDM – K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Danson Mwashako",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Mwashako Mwakuwona",
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    "content": "I come from a marginalised county of Taita Taveta where we are given Kshs5.5 billion from the Equalisation Fund based on audited financial accounts of the 2014/2015 Financial Year. We do not give funds to the grassroots realistically based on current audited financial accounts. I, therefore, support the Motion. Before I sit down, allow me, on my behalf and that of the people of Taita Taveta, particularly my constituency, to send my condolences to the family of our colleague, Hon. Ken Okoth whom we lost last week. I knew him fondly and closely. Now that he has gone to be with the Lord, I convey my sincere condolences and those of the people of Taita Taveta. Similarly, I convey my condolences to the people of Bomet County for losing Her Excellency the Governor, Dr. Joyce Laboso. Many Members who have spoken before me have said that, as Parliament, this is the time to act. Kenyans are asking how long we should wait for big names to go to be with the Lord. Cancer has taken away many of our people. We must seize the moment, although it is a sad moment for the country, to undertake preventive measures like screening, awareness programmes and possibly declare cancer a national disaster. We cannot continue losing our dear ones. I lost my mother to cancer and it is extremely painful. As a House and a country, we must focus and push resources towards managing and preventing the disease."
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