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    "content": "the privilege and honour to Chair the CDF Committee that was given the responsibility of assisting in the ESP. We were always ready and clear to engage the Government although it has been a reluctant partner in terms of engagement. The Minister was very clear that they were going to use the CDF framework. Our understanding as a Parliament in terms of the CDF framework was that the money would actually be put into the CDF kitty. What did the Government do? They decided that they are going to create parallel structures; committees in addition to existing committees. Where in the whole world have committees made any move and progress? Who does not know? The best illustration of red tape and bureaucracy in any institution is about a committee to deliberate on the findings of another committee and another one to resolve and implement the findings of another committee and to discuss outstanding issues. Of course, the only business they will be embarking on is for national committees. It is red tape. It is bureaucracy. We tried to redeem the spirit of the CDF framework in the sense that we ensured that the majority of the composition of those committees came from the CDF members. However, there was an easier route which should have been followed if at all we wanted to be faithful to the objectives that we had given ourselves of ensuring that we implement this thing within six months - We did not do that. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a Ministry in the name of Water and Irrigation. This Ministry really needs a serious look by the Treasury. The larger Turkana District cannot be given even a single borehole. You will, however, find other areas which do not need as much water as the arid areas in the north, being given Kshs24 billion for the construction of dams. Surely, what are the priorities of a Ministry like that one? This is exactly why we are excited about the Budget Office in Parliament and the Budget Committee in the House. We have just done one year and we are all still learning. I can assure you that as we move to the next financial year of implementation of the Budget law, the priorities of this nation must be agreed between the Executive and the institution of Parliament, so that we actually put resources where we have the problems. Some of these things are being used like political goodies such that they are being distributed depending on one’s political persuasion. That culture must end. We must do governance in terms of what the needs of the nations are and then we put resources where those needs are. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also have the Ministry for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. As Members of Parliament from northern Kenya other arid areas, we have made petitions to the Treasury that the wisdom of the President to create this Ministry is being diluted by the little resources that are being given to this particular Ministry. When the President and the Prime Minister came up with this Ministry as part of the negotiated agreement and as a result of Agenda Four, we wanted to see a sense of urgency and desire by a country to try to fix its rotten past. This is a country that has marginalized and forgotten certain areas as if they do not belong to it. What have we seen? It is business as usual. This is just one Ministry and God knows where. We behave like a God-forsaken country. God has not forsaken any part of this country. God loves this country. It is the people. It is the Ministers. It is the bureaucrats that have forsaken northern Kenya. It is these other people who have forgotten that IDPs are still in camps. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I support this Motion - I heard hon. Karua give notice to the Minister - I want to tell the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that come June 2010, we are going to give him a real crisis. Mr. Minister, do not just assume us. Do not take us for granted. We cannot always be talking and yet nobody listens. Come June 2010, if we, as Parliament, feel that the shared and agreed objectives between the Executive and"
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