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"content": "allocation of this Fund. This has enabled many more areas to be covered but they would not have been covered when it was originally in terms of counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy that today in the list I see that several wards in Kajiado County have found their way into benefitting from this Fund. In total, Kajiado County will receive more than Kshs550 million from the Equalization Fund. This money will go into projects in areas that are mostly needed. These include projects in water, roads, electricity and health services. Kajiado Central will get above Kshs193 million. Kajiado South will receive more than Kshs184 million. Kajiado West will receive Kshs279 million. These are very needy areas in Kajiado County and they include Dalalekutuk, Matapato North, Matapato South, Purko, Mbirikani/ Eselenkei, Keikuku and Rombo wards. In Kajiado West, we have Ewaso Kedong, Keekonyokie, Magadi, Mosiro and Iloodikilani wards. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I criss-crossed these areas during the campaign period because I was initially in Kajiado East. In the last election, I got an opportunity to criss-cross the entire County and I saw the dire need in places like Magadi where there is shortage of water. You will find children looking after livestock running to the road to wave down any vehicle that is coming, to ask for just drinking water. There are areas in this country that are extremely needy and in need of services. Places like Mosiro and Ewaso are in need of not just water, but health facilities, roads and electricity. This notwithstanding, I am also sad in equal measure that Kajiado East has been left out of benefitting from the Equalization Fund yet there are needy wards in Kajiado East. For example, Kenyawa-Poka Ward is in dire need of roads infrastructure, accessibility to water, health services and electricity. This is where I do not understand the kind of parameters that have been adopted by the CRA. They find some rural areas, which are diverse and sparse, needy. However, they do not find others as needy, yet in the same areas, you do not find roads or health facilities. People are going through many challenges. Kajiado East Constituency was left out in totality. Kajiado North Constituency has also been left out. Kajiado North and Kajiado East constituencies have always been looked at using the lenses of Nairobi City County. That they are just close by Nairobi City County, but they do not have infrastructure. The urban areas in this Constituency do not have sewer systems. During campaigns, I heard them giving candidate names to mountains of garbage. In Rongai, garbage is literally taking almost half of the Town, as well as in Kitengela, a place called Noonkopir. If urban areas are secluded and not included as beneficiaries of the Equalization Fund, then we will be missing the point. It is in the urban areas that we find even greater poverty. Majengo is not just called Majengo for nothing. It has adopted certain characteristics and a life of its own. There are no services there. There is no electricity or water, garbage is all over and the towns are not planned. Our urban centres should not be left out from benefitting from the Equalization Fund. Kitengela is in dire need of a sewer system because there is an overflow from Nairobi City. This is one of the fastest growing towns in this country. It still needs roads"
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