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"content": "I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I stand in support of the County Government's Additional Allocations Bill, 2025. As I support it, allow me to do two things. First, I want to wish you a quick recovery. I see you are battling the flu, but all is well. I also want to take this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters Eid Mubarak as they continue to observe this Holy Month of Ramadan. I know I have a deal with the Muslim fraternity in Kitui, especially in Mwingi Town, and it shall be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Committee on Finance and Budget ably led by the Senator for Mandera, Sen. Ali Ibrahim Roba, for coming up with this Bill at such a time as this. While seconding the Bill, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, who may be carried by emotions, enlisted himself and all of us as enemies of devolution. Since this is a House of Records, I hope when he next gets a chance to speak on any matter; he retracts that record from the HANSARD. This is because he has spoken contrary to the provisions of Article 96 of the Constitution. He has gone on record saying that the House charged with the responsibility of protecting devolution is the House against whom devolution should be protected. As I said, when he gets a chance, let him remove that record from the HANSARD."
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"content": "Having said that, I want to go to the First Schedule of the Bill. It is common knowledge that Column B of the First Schedule lists the allocation for the construction of county headquarters. That column should contain five counties. Nyandarua is one of those counties that should benefit from that special allocation for the construction of county headquarters. However, I see the figures for Nyandarua dropped. I believe that Senators will pass this Bill. As such, that should be the first amendment to the Bill, to include the figures for Nyandarua. What is captured here is for the other four counties, including Lamu, Isiolo, Tana River and Tharaka-Nithi."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to spend a bit of time on Column C on the CAIPs programme. Even if I am the least qualified to speak about the Government agenda on development, especially on manufacturing in the Bottom Up Transformative Agenda 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": "(BETA). However, I believe that these CAIPs speak to that policy. The realization that industrial development is the cornerstone to development in every country for developing countries. The newly industrialised countries with economies under transition and even for the developed world, industrialization is a cornerstone to development. In the wisdom of this administration or the National Treasury, 19 counties were identified to be beneficiaries of the initial allocation of the Kshs250 million from the national Government. These 19 county assemblies are supposed to pass budgets to match that allocation to bring it to a total of Kshs500 million. The criteria for choosing the 19 counties, I think is a discretion that none of us would put a finger to. Mr. Speaker, Sir, be that as it may, there are a number of counties in phase one that have received allocations from the national Government to construct industrial parks. Yes, they have identified the land and started construction. However, that is as far as the story goes. Things have stalled. There is no conversation around the issue any more. So, the auditors and it is their right to do what they are doing, are capturing that as part of stalled projects forming part of the many white elephant projects that we have all over the country."
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"content": "Today, the Senator of Kitui County will be making announcements or pronouncements that will shock the Governor of Kitui County. I stand here to congratulate the Governor of Kitui County Governor, Dr. Julius Malombe. Kitui County is not part of the counties in phase one to receive the Kshs250 million from the national Government. However, the County Assembly of Kitui, I want to congratulate the Speaker of the County Assembly of Kitui, Hon. Kevin Kinengo and his team of Members of the County Assembly (MCAs), for passing the county portion of this allocation. The County Government, both the Executive and the Assembly, have gone ahead to identify the land on which the CAIP for Kitui will be established. In fact, they have gone a step forward and decided that the area will be the Kitui Industrial Area. So, they have allocated more land for purposes of future investments."
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"content": "As I speak today, that project Kanyoonyo of Kitui Rural Constituency, is almost now 50 per cent done using county funds. However, there are county governments and I see there are Senators here and I would not mention them, that have been allocated money under phase one, but they have not used half of that money. The question that we should be asking ourselves is if there are counties that seem to appreciate the importance of these industrial parks and their impact on the county economies, recruitment and employment of our youths and they have not been included in phase one of the counties benefiting from these allocation, be included. We should also ask ourselves why those counties not fast track to get the allocations, complete these projects and within the time of this administration, before the elections because only God knows what will happen after the elections. The administration that has started these parks within their first term, can at least see the fruits and the benefits of the parks in counties where work seems to be happening."
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"content": "Why continue allocating monies to counties in phase one that are not moving an inch yet there are counties categorized under phase two, which have done so much and they just need the final push to complete the parks and make them operational? 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": "Those Senators are here and they are looking at me. I will not mention their names. I invite them and their governors to come to Kanyoonyo in Kitui Rural Constituency to benchmark and see what needs to be done for these parks. Truth be told, if these industrial parks are properly rolled out, they will change the economies of our counties and even be sources of county own revenue. This is because of levies and taxes that will be realized from those parks. That is what I wanted to say about the CAIPS."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the allocation is for counties categorised as phase one. I urge the decision makers on this allocation to see to it that they fast track those counties that are already doing things on the ground using their own portion of the money, so that they can get the balance and complete these projects. For example, Kitui County should be the first under that consideration. ` Having said many good things about the County Government of Kitui and the Governor, I must also remind him because it is important that I do so. This information that I am communicating to the Senate and to the country today in defense of my county is that I am struggling to get from officers in the county government yet it is very good information that we can use to showcase our county and put it on the national platform for good reasons."
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