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"content": "Looking at what we have allocated through additional funds in the next financial year 2023/2024; in the First Schedule, counties in 2023/2024 shall get a total of Kshs15.816 billion. That is a lot of money that shall go to counties. This is very important. I want to assure the great people of Nandi that I am taking a whopping additional Kshs503,429,010, and will not entertain any pilferage of this money at whatever costs. When I say Nandi County is the headquarters of corruption, many people doubt it. I am happy that investigative agencies move with gusto to ensure financial impropriety does not become the order of the day in my county. With the Kshs503,429,010 through additional funds to Nandi County, we hope to see many things change, including National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARIGP) and the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). As we debate, we have the obligation to teach our viewers - Kenyans and the people we represent be it in Kakamega, Mandera, Nairobi City and the 47 counties including yours Bomet - that additional allocation funds means additional resources allocated to county governments from the national Government share of revenue in form of loans and grants from development partners. When you see DANIDA, NARIGP, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank Kenya support programme in terms of improvement, that is what we call additional funds that are being taken as per Article 202(2), which is way and above the normal revenue allocation that we give to counties. Out of Kshs15billion, Kshs503,429,010 will go to Nandi County. It is important because it will continue to support agriculture and medical aspects. I am happy that the Presidential Climate Agenda has been captured very well. Less than a month ago, we had the African Climate Summit, which was World Class. The agenda is pushing to ensure we plant more than 15 billion trees in this Republic. I agree with the Mover of the Motion that this does not form the basis of stealing or pilferage of resources. We challenge counties to perform. As we have this conversation, we are now doing more than 10 years of devolution; 2013 till now. There is a reggae song that says, ‘if you look out the window, do you see anything to smile about?’ You heard of the reggae artist, Burning Spear, who was shot and killed. There is also the reggae maestro Bob Marley and Lucky Dube. He said that when you see more prisons being built than schools, then there is a problem. Ten years down the line, I paraphrase that song and say, ‘do you see anything to smile about in Bomet? Do I see anything to smile about in Nandi?’ I do not. I see only a few billionaires who have plundered and pilfered the county to the lowest level. County governments were complaining about health because they are doing nothing. In Nandi, virtually there is not even Piriton. I know in your region there is a song that has been sung about piriton, which means something that can lull you to sleep. You cannot get Panadol or even minor surgeries done together, with anesthesia and few things provided. I know it is the same situation in Kakamega County because I have heard our Senate Majority Whip complaining about medical services in Kakamega. 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 Services,Senate."
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