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"speaker_name": "Gichugu, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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"content": "If you look at the Report, it shows that this money has been increased from the 2020/2021 Financial Year to 2021/2022 Financial Year. A county like Kirinyaga has received an additional Kshs1 billion, thanks to the new formula that was adopted by the Senate. We hope that this money will transform the lives of Kenyans at the county level especially in Kirinyaga County. I am concerned about Kirinyaga because that is where I come from. It is a shame that when we live next to the mountain where there is a lot of water, and so many rivers, there are some parts of Gichugu, where I come from, where we have problems of water. People have been running and visiting the constituency office seeking support to finance some small bills of quantities of like Kshs5 million to Kshs500 million to connect water to their homes, yet there are billions of money which is being channelled to the counties and people do not benefit from such. I would like to persuade and urge county governments to look into these issues. Water is life. No one should go without water even for a single a day, especially those of us who come from near the mountain. The water should be extended for irrigation so that they are able to fetch a little more money."
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