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    "id": 999283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/999283/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13180,
        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
        "slug": "judith-ramaita-pareno"
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 48(1) to seek a Statement from the ad-hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Situation in Kenya concerning the sharing of the Kshs5 billion conditional grant to county governments for COVID-19 emergency response. In that Statement, the Committee should - (i)Explain the criteria for the allocation of the Kshs5 billion conditional grant to county Governments for COVID-19 emergency response. (ii)Explain why some counties with no COVID-19 cases have received far bigger allocations than counties that have reported the COVID-19 cases. (iii)State why special consideration was not given to all counties bordering neighboring countries which are currently grappling with imported cases of the disease in the allocation of the funds. (iv)Explain why some counties with well-developed healthcare systems and infrastructure have been allocated more funds than those with fragile healthcare system infrastructure. Madam Deputy Speaker, a schedule has already been done for the release of the funds and how they have allocated the Kshs5 billion. I would like to cite three counties. Kajiado County currently has 96 cases of the COVID-19 while Busia County has about 211 cases. The allocation for Kajiado County is about Kshs52 million, while the allocation for Busia is about Kshs100 million. Kakamega County that has only three cases has been allocated---"
}