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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Thank you, Sen. Mundigi. Sen. Beatrice Akinyi Ogola."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to contribute to this Bill referred to as the Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill, 2025. From the onset, I would like to request my colleague, Sen. Mundigi, when the time comes, he should rethink and support it because in this country, there is a key tenet that everyone looks forward to; the issue of equity. This Bill with the monies that have been given out, you will find that services granted to counties that would have been disadvantaged with the little funds they receive. I would like to tell Sen. Mundigi that it is only an unwise person who does not change their minds. When the time comes and with the wisdom I see in him, he should consider changing his mind to support this Bill. I support this Bill, Madam Temporary Speaker. Our people need critical services that are spelt out in this Bill; he services of water, roads, health and electricity. Those are public services that each Kenyan needs to be sure that they will be provided with. However, it is because of limitations and because of marginalised areas. Some of the marginalised areas we have in this country cannot get these services. If in our wisdom we see that certain counties need to be given an extra coin just to ensure there is equity in terms of services that the people need, then I support this Bill."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, there are critical services such as water. Water is so critical and it is also a basic need. Every Kenyan requires to have water within some radius."
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"content": "On the issue of roads, I am happy that Kshs16 billion will be distributed. It cannot be distributed equally because these areas have different parameters. I am happy that Homa Bay County will receive Kshs214,028,965. This may look little. Even though a number of speakers have said that Kshs16 billion is little, it is better to start with something small, so that our people can see the beginning of provision of services."
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"content": "For Homa Bay County, the criterion goes ahead to give four sub-counties some little money to share from the Kshs214,028,965. We have Homa Bay Town Constituency that will get Kshs10 million; Suba North Constituency will get Kshs29 million. Sen. Boni should listen to this. Ndhiwa where I come from, which is a marginalised constituency, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "should be considered as a hardship constituency. Ndhiwa has black cotton soil and there are no roads. That is why I am delighted that from the Kshs214 million, Ndhiwa Constituency will get Kshs120 million. As I support, I would like to say that when this money gets there, it must be ring-fenced for the purpose which it was granted."
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"content": "Still on Homa Bay County, Suba South will get Kshs53 million; Suba North will get Kshs29 million and Ndhiwa, which is my constituency, will get Kshs120 million. I do not support just because it is my constituency. It is because of the difficulties that our people have. Right now, there are rains in Ndhiwa Constituency. You can hardly get a good road other than the tarmacked road that we use to move from Rodi Kopani in Homa Bay Town Constituency to Sori. Any other road beyond that tarmacked road is not motorable."
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"content": "I was at home last week. You can hardly move on a road that we use to move from the constituency headquarters next to the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) offices that traverses my ward. It has made our people’s lives miserable and transport is expensive. A few months ago, at a place where our local people would use a motorbike for Kshs50 because the place is not far, today it costs our people between Kshs300 to Kshs500 just to move for a short distance. It means that the cost of doing business for our people is so high."
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"content": "Where I come from, majority of the people practice subsistence farming. Some people grow vegetables and tomatoes and transport them to the market. Other produce include maize, groundnuts and beans. It has become very expensive for our farmers to move their goods from their farms to the market. Therefore, when some funds are appropriated to improve our roads, I can only rise here to support the Bill."
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"content": "Another one is the issue of water. Being a woman, I know how critical access to water is to our people, especially the women. If there is money that will go towards water, so that our people can get it close to them, then I definitely support that Bill."
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