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    "id": 998513,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/998513/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "There has been a continued concern – and this concern is manifested in the budget that we have passed – of skewed allocation of resources and development in some areas at the expense of other areas. All over the country, you see quite a number of road projects but, in many parts of our world especially Busia, nobody bothers and yet, there are so many resources. The Constitution dictates that we must have equitable share of resources in this country. We call upon the National Treasury and all the Ministries, whenever they make budget proposals, they must ensure there is fair distribution of resources. All Kenyans pay taxes. It is unfair to put all the resources in one region and county and disenfranchise other counties and yet, we pay taxes, we vote and we participate in other activities. But when it comes to allocation of resources, there is nothing much. The congestion of trucks in Busia and Malaba towns is self-made by the national Government. We have other border crossing points and sometimes in 2009, when President Mwai Kibaki visited Busia County, he made a promise to open the Luanda crossing point. Ugandans have done their bit by building a road up to the river and yet on our side, nobody seems to care. Now, we are paying heavily for the congestion. As I conclude, I will also talk on the matter of health. In Busia, we have a serious crisis and we would want the Ministry of Health to really intervene. We now have a tally of about 300 imported COVID-19 cases. With the interaction they are having with the people, the moment it hits the ground and goes to our community with a county that has no intensive care unit beds or isolation beds, we are looking at a disaster. I wish to request the Department of Health to seriously relook and give Busia County enough resources to manage this pandemic. It is not our own making, but it has been thrust to us by the national Government. With those few remarks, I support. Thank you."
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