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"content": " Thank you, Sen. Asige. Sen. John Methu."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker,"
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"content": " Sen. Cherarkey, you should be paying more attention even though it is the end of the day."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. As I support it, I believe that the intent and spirit in asking for timely disbursement of funds from the Government is that the government being spoken about is the county government. I derive my assertion from the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya, Part II, on the functions and powers of county Governments. Function No. 12 is fire fighting services and disaster management. That is a preserve of the county government. Part 11(a) on storm water management is also a preserve of the county government. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I speak today, I am sure most of you watched in the news yesterday that Nyandarua County is one of those counties that have been badly affected. Just yesterday, River Karoroha in Nyandarua broke its banks and the residence of Engineer and Gathara wards have suffered very serious and dire consequences of this particular disaster of the heavy rains. Yesterday, one farmer lost a herd of seven cattle which were swept away by the raging waters. We thank God that there were no fatalities, but economic destruction has happened. Nyandarua is an agricultural County and our farms and crops have been swept away. We are staring at a dangerous thing in the coming days. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have always held the position that since we have a working meteorological department that gives an almost accurate data of what shall"
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"content": "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": "happen in the coming one month or two weeks, it was, therefore, expected that yesterday, there would be very heavy rains in Nyandarua. Even as I speak about disaster and response to disaster, we must also speak about averting disasters. If we do open up waterways, if our drainages are not working and if we do not open the routes where water takes its natural course in readiness for coming rains that will be very heavy, then we will always find ourselves in these kinds of situations. Even as we respond to that disaster, there is a way we can try to stop the same disaster. Madam Temporary Speaker, we cannot absolve the county governments of this responsibility. Sen. Cherarkey and I sit in the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) and we are now interrogating the money that was used by county governments in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 financial years. If you look at the prudence in the money that was used to respond to the COVID-19 disaster, you will understand that we cannot let counties off from this matter. At that time, you would hear that a mask that was retailing for Kshs20 in local retail shops, was being bought at Kshs200 by the county governments. Therefore, we cannot absolve the county governments from this issue. In Nyandarua specifically because I am the Senator for that county, if the county is not deliberate in ensuring that they open the waterways to avert the danger from the water that makes the rivers break their banks, then next year, we shall find ourselves having the same problem. Even in two years, we shall have the same problems. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must be very ready and have an elaborate disaster management programme in our devolved unites so as to ensure that our people are safe, our crops and animals are safe and, ultimately, take advantage of these waters that can be used in future."
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"content": " Thank you, Senator. Yes, your time is over. Sen. Osotsi."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to also weigh in and support this Motion by Sen. Agnes Kavindu of Machakos. This Motion is timely because it is trying to question why the Government of Kenya and county governments have not addressed or mitigate the ongoing flooding problem that we have in the country. This Sunday, I was stuck on the road between Majengo and Luanda for one hour. We had a big gulley just around Kima and the Ministry of Roads and Transport blocked the road. People were unable to pass yet, this road connects to Kisumu, Siaya and even Busia Counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are having challenges with our road networks because of this flooding problem. I know the Government through the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) has made arrangements to send about Kshs3.5 billion to the counties. However, I was perturbed that the distribution of those funds is skewed. There is no proper criteria that was used to distribute those funds. Out of the 47 counties that received Kshs3.58 billion, four counties received nothing. These counties include my own county, Vihiga, Samburu, Lamu and Garissa."
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"content": "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": "Madam Temporary Speaker, Lamu, Samburu and Garissa have one thing in common. They are arid areas, but Vihiga is not. Why would KeRRA or the Ministry of Roads led by one Murkomen who was a Senator in this House discriminate against Vihiga County where the number three of this country comes? We need an explanation and I will be bringing a statement in this House to question the criteria that was used. If Vihiga is a small county, why allocate Embu County Kshs245 million and have nothing for Vihiga County? We need this money so that our roads are in conditions that can be used. Right now, all our roads have been swept away. They are impassible and they cannot be repaired because KeRRA has not allocated money. Madam Temporary Speaker, I had to say this because we are being told that our county is in Kenya Kwanza Government. We cannot say we are in Government when we are receiving nothing. It saddens us that one of us who has an opportunity to become a member of the executive, who was fighting for equitable allocation of resources to counties is the one involved in discriminating against other counties. Waziri Murkomen, I hope you are hearing me today. You were in this House. I remember you were the leader of Team Kenya that demanded equitable distribution of resources to the counties. Now you are a Cabinet Secretary and discriminating against other counties like Vihiga, Samburu, Garissa and Lamu County. We cannot have a situation where 43 counties receive funds and only four do not receive any in this period when we are having flooding problems. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I wind up, I also want to talk about the issue of riparian lands. We are having floods in this city and others because of a lack of proper planning and corruption. We have a scenario where people have built houses on the riparian land. A river will always find its way."
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