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"content": "fines they do in your place for breach of the bylaws, then that money is supposed to be taken back. So, a place such as Mombasa, where a lot of money is seen to be going, is because they have a lot of those kind of active court processes. Therefore, they have a higher figure entitlement. The fifth point that was raised again by Sen. Wambua is the issue of county headquarters. Members, we who sit in the Committee on Finance and Budget are properly seized of this matter. The reason there has been this very long delay, is because of the implementation process. The implementation of county headquarters was such that one year they would say the money would be released to the governor. When the governor wants to do it, they refuse and say the implementation must be by the Ministry and so on. So, the throwback has resulted in this delay and we must thank the first Senate, which in 2015 identified these deserving cases. Finally, but not least, the issue of royalties. This is theft. How would you give Vihiga County zero? How can you sit and decide that Kirinyaga should be given Kshs100? The fact that you are giving them Kshs100, means that you are admitting that there is mining taking place there. If mining is taking place there, enough for you to notice it, then surely, their royalty of 20 per cent cannot be Kshs100. This is careless open stealing of public funds Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me give you the example of Kakamega, and this is a fact. I come from the gold mining constituencies of Shinyalu, Ikolomani and Lurambi. We mine and sell 10 kilograms of gold every Friday. We sell gold worth Kshs72 million every Friday. With this, if you multiply it, just a simple arithmetic, we sell in a year, Kshs3.68 billion worth of gold. Therefore, 20 per cent of that money is Kshs777.6 million, which they should have paid us. However, do you know what they paid us here from this National Treasury? It is Kshs16,554. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this applies to Siaya where they do gold in Gem, Migori where they do gold in Nyatike and even in your home in Kilifi and Kwale. So, the people in the National Treasury are just sitting and sharing. money meant for royalties. I know of certain people who are in positions of leadership in this country and, please, I beg you, do not ask me to substantiate. When you go in the areas where they are leading, there are so many projects they are doing beyond sharable revenue. Since these people used to work high up in Government and they know how this money is loaded, they go to the National Treasury and ask to be added here and there, and they are doing those projects. They seem to be real performers when it is theft of money from Ikolomani, Shinyalu, Lurambi, Vihiga, Nyatike and Gem in Siaya. This House being a House of equity, this is the speech. We must stop that stealing, so that this money can reach our people."
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