{"id":979059,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/979059/?format=json","text_counter":265,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kiminini, FORD-K","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa","speaker":{"id":1889,"legal_name":"Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu","slug":"chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"},"content":"I want to thank the Committee. I request that you move with speed to look at the Equalisation Fund. The Equalisation Fund is supposed to be an affirmative action to help. However, in this country, I have never seen any report on the Equalisation Fund. Where does the money go? I know that in some counties, including Trans Nzoia, there are some wards which are marginalised and they need affirmative action. They are hardship areas. We need to re-examine these areas. With the change of the weather pattern due to climate change, it is, indeed, important that some areas must be re-evaluated, so that these funds can benefit everyone. As Parliament, we are here to provide oversight and I thank the Committee. However, we cannot move in the watchdog committees without the Auditor-General. I am reemphasising to His Excellency the President, wherever he is, that we need a substantive Auditor-General like never before. Before I finish, I have seen a funny report going…"}