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"content": "the necessary infrastructure. That is why you are all congested in Nairobi. There is room that could open up for you. Kajiado is part of the Metropolitan. This metropolitan, I have always said, looks like a pie. The pie is Kiambu, Murang’a, Machakos, Kajiado and Nairobi. However, in that pie, the rest of the part of the pie has been developed, and there is a piece of the pie that has been left. I do not know whether these Ministries that make the necessary policies to direct resources, they think the resources taken towards Kajiado will be to take care of cows or human beings. I keep looking at the social media pages in Kajiado County and it shocks me. Those who have moved from Nairobi to Kajiado are always asking for tarmac roads and they think it is the leadership of Kajiado that is denying them tarmac roads. It is not. We just need the resources distributed equitably so that every county can enjoy the necessary facilities. Today, Kitengela is a big town, but it does not have sewer systems. It is a sad story. Even Ngong and Rongai towns do not have sewer systems. We need to develop all areas equitably so that even when we are paying for these debts, we pay while we know where they have been utilized instead of telling us every day that we are paying for Mau Mau Roads in Kiambu. I do not know Mau Mau towards where. We have paid for these roads since the year 1963, and we are still putting tarmac roads in every village in central Kenya, in Mt. Kenya, but we never have roads towards the rest of our counties. This is where it pains. This is where you find some Kenyans feeling like they are not part of this country and they have been neglected. Maybe because of our numbers, we may never be able to raise a president or a deputy president or those positions that matter, that distribute the resources and so, we keep lagging behind. Mr. Deputy Speaker, we just want to be included as part of this country. We want roads. I do not know whether you live in Kitengela, because most of you do live there. I look at people saying, “Oh, we need Old Namanga Road tarmacked. Oh, you know, the former Member of Parliament (MP) has not brought tarmac.” I wish I could, but I was not going to use my father's cows to do the tarmacking. It is, definitely, the national resources to do the tarmacking. For 10 years, I have been asking for Old Namanga Road to be tarmacked. I have been asking for the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) to come to Kitengela. It is now that they have come after my noise in 10 years. It hurts, when those who are moving from Buru Buru, the middle-class estates, come out there and demand that we have tarmac, yet they have left tarmac in Nairobi. Can we be given resources and the necessary infrastructure to accommodate your brethren and the rest of Kenya? If then our community does not deserve, then we have your brothers there. They are in Kitengela. The Luos, Sen. Oketch Gicheru, are there in Kitengela. We have all Kenyans there. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we just want to ask for equity. We need these resources. It pains me every day to live in Nairobi when my home is a stone-throw away, but I cannot live there because we have no roads. I am going to welcome you for some mbuzi 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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