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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wish to second the report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget of the Senate regarding the adoption of the report of the Status of Implementation of Projects Funded by the Conditional Grant for Construction of the County Headquarters in Nyandarua, Isiolo, Tharaka-Nithi, Lamu and Tana River counties. The committee held extensive negotiations with the concerned counties. Four of them were very cooperative, except Tana River County, where the Governor, despite being-invited on three occasions, failed to honour the invitations. However, we proceeded to consider the matter without their input. We got very valuable input from the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, the IGRTC and also the county governments involved. These projects were supposed to be jointly funded by the national Government and county governments, with the county governments contributing about 30 per cent of the total cost of the construction. However, the national Government was not able to meet its obligations under the terms of the projects. Therefore, most of the projects stalled. In fact, many had stalled to such an extent that the counties that started their own county headquarters later were able to finish and move in, yet these others were still pending. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, after many discussions and deliberations, the national Government agreed to hand over the projects to the county governments and whatever was pledged for the construction of these projects. It is now the responsibility of the county governments to conclude these projects. Therefore, this report should be adopted by the Senate Plenary, so that the implementation can start and the county governments are able to complete their county headquarters. It has bothered the committee that the projects took so long. In some instances, the supervision was done by the Ministry of public works. Therefore, there was a lot of back and forth. Some of the contractors who were given the jobs gave up and moved on, but some are still on ground. For instance, in Lamu County, they were able to conclude the projects at the same cost that had been agreed upon at the time of inception of this committee. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, without much, I want to ask our colleagues in the Senate to adopt this report, so that we can have this matter concluded and launch these county headquarters in the next two or three financial years, before we conclude the final sittings of the Senate in 2027. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to second."
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