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"content": "factored in. Maybe we need more medical personnel, but we are being forced to lease equipment from a certain company. This was something that we inherited from the previous administration. Before we just push money to support a contract that is so unpopular and was coerced upon some counties, we should relook at this whole mechanism and see whether we can reshape it. If that Kshs124 million is coming to our hospitals in Tana River County, then it should come to deal with issues that are affecting us, not leasing equipment, some of which we do not have personnel to operate and it stays without being utilized, yet we still have to pay for it. I think this is something that I would like the Senate Majority Leader to explain further. On the aggregated industrial park, every county has been given Kshs250 million. However, not all counties have started, only a few have. About Kshs4.5 billion in total has been allocated. From the First Schedule, I see that not all counties were given this money. Maybe, we will need some explanation. This is because, when we go back home and we are told the neighbouring county has been given Kshs250 million to develop the aggregated industrial park and yet yours has not and there is no explanation given, it promotes a feeling of inequality amongst the residents of various counties who have not been allocated the Kshs250 million in Colum D. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a conditional grant for the provision of a fertilizer subsidy programme. I would be very interested for the sponsor of this Motion to explain why a county like Tana River, with 35 square kilometres receives Kshs15 million or thereabout and Nairobi City County, which is pretty small, is allocated Kshs14 million. I fail to understand, the reason being that when the fertilizers are brought to the county headquarters, the arrangements for transporting this fertilizer to the point where they are to be consumed by the registered farmers is not there. When you look at it, it will then mean that you are equating the transportation costs of Tana River to Nairobi. It does not make sense that we getting about Kshs15 million and Nairobi City County is getting Kshs14 million under the fertilizer subsidy programme. I think when we are moving these Bills, we need proper explanations. Yes, we want the money, but let the logical explanations run, so that we can understand what these Bills are all about. Look at court fines on the column on the allocation of court fines for the Financial Year 2022/2023 from the national Government. For Tana River County, that column is marked dash, which means that the allocation for court fines is nil. This goes for several other counties. There is Baringo, Bomet, Busia and Bungoma. You see several counties that were not given anything under allocation for court fines, yet in reality, there are courts in Tana River and they are levying fines, which are taken to the consolidated fund. The Consolidated Fund is supposed to allocate these monies back to the CRF. It does not make sense for a number of counties such as Vihiga, West Pokot, Tharaka-Nithi, Tana River, Taita-Taveta and so many others not to be given any allocation back from the Consolidated Fund at the national level, yet we are levying court fines in our various counties. We need a bit of explanation and seriousness when we are doing this work. You do not just come throwing figures that we do not understand. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, looking for the allocation for mineral royalties, we get Kshs10,623,000 in Tana River County, yet when you look at the amount of gypsum 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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