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"content": "I have just said it here. It is important to be honest. The drought is ravaging. I have given an example of Laisamis Constituency. The boreholes have dried and the rigs that drill water have broken down. Our people are suffering, and yet somebody somewhere is not using the mandate that we have given him. I believe that the CS should be sanctioned and surcharged where possible. He has ensured that the counties continue to suffer. Madam Deputy Speaker, thirdly, I am happy that for the first time Nandi was--- I saw the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader talk about one man, one vote, one shilling. As we were pushing for counties, there were some Senators calling themselves Team Kenya. I am happy that after that fight, we came to one agreement. Nandi County used to earn Kshs5.3 billion. I am happy that with the addition of Kshs1.6 billion, Nandi County will earn Kshs6.3 billion in the Financial Year 2021/2022, similar to Uasin Gishu County. Governors should be honest to the wananchi. Sen. Wetangula’s Governor should be telling wananchi about the money that he is using to fix roads in Bungoma and the money he has given to the bursary. It is because of the Senator. Madam Deputy Speaker, we are not rubber stamps. Before your Governor, Hon. Mandago, sponsors 51 students to go to Finland, he should tell those people that the money he is using is because Sen. (Prof.) Kamar stood firm and ensured that there was additional money that came Uasin Gishu. This is similar to many other counties like Machakos and the Nairobi City County, although it is under the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS). There is Sen. Kwamboka, Sen. Kasanga of Makueni, and many others like Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko, my friend from Migori. The addition that we fought for through this--- I remember that for four months, we fought here and could not see eye to eye. At that time, Sen. Wetangula was my best friend. I can tell you that we need to congratulate ourselves, your office, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), and many others for standing firm. Madam Deputy Speaker, next is the issue of performance of our counties. For example, in Nandi County, according to the Auditor-General, there were 491 projects under the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP). Of the projects, 310 are yet to start, 110 are stalled and one project is complete. Only one project, yet we have disbursed for the last four financial years. Nandi County has not been able to show something tangible except a single project of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) center. Going forward, we must agree that the money we dispense must be used on the intention that it had. For example, in own source revenue, we need to challenge counties. In Nandi County, in the Financial Year 2017/2018, they had projected Kshs82 million but ended up collecting Kshs62 million. I am just giving an example with 2017/2018. You can see that there could be leakages because in Nandi County, we have cess, fees, land rates, and land rent. We also have the Kiborgo Tea Estate which the county government does not even know the acreage, yet we need that cess. It can be used to make roads in Nandi County from Kiborgo Tea Estate. People in the Chemas and Mosop areas are growing sugar cane. That cess should be used to fix feeder roads and to provide bursaries to ensure that our"
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