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"content": "consternation it was raising. There were many issues that we dealt with and felt that because we do not have time, there was no need for us to have disagreements in terms of what the numbers were and what they were not. I would like to remind many that, last year, there was a group of about 18 counties that were given money for the industrial parks and we waited. I am happy that Kisii County has also now been given the money for the industrial parks. I am also happy that the money which was allocated for cancer as a special project has also been allocated. So, I am positive and hopeful that we will continue working hard in this House, and standing our ground. I am happy that many Senators in this House, are now seized of the fact that we must be the people who are going to defend devolution. We must be the people who are going to make sure that when the money goes to the county governments, it does the service that it is supposed to do so that Kenyans can begin to be happy and see that we are actually moving the country forward. I am happy that the amount is about Kshs50 billion, which is not small money. I believe that we will be able to finish the county aggregation and industrial parks. There many issues coming. I want to raise an issue, before I forget. Hon. (Dr.) Khalwale, we need to engage our colleagues in the National Assembly to realize that they have to make a decision whether they are going to become the ‘tenderpreneurs’ in Government projects and deals, or whether they are going to serve the public in making sure that the money arrives at the county governments and their constituencies. There is a lot going on in our counties and sub-counties. My honest observation is that we need to become prudent and leaders who believe that the public expectation is higher, and deliver services to our people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you heard Hon. Khalwale mention that, yes, fines are collected by the courts, and then these fines are supposed to be transferred to the Consolidated Fund. For the last three years that we have been looking at these figures, we have never heard anybody say whether there was an audit done on these fines, or the money is still being domesticated at the Judiciary, or whether it was transferred to the Consolidated Fund and re-budgeted for other purposes. I believe this would be a good call, because even if this money may not be so much, any money right now is needed in our Republic. I hope that we will continue to make sure that we maintain prudency and dignity in making sure that our resources are utilized effectively, fairly, equitably and prudently. I would like to also engage and explain to my colleagues in this House that, we have been analyzing and conducting analysis of audit reports from various county governments. We need to start asking ourselves, what are the recommendations that this House will be making? Some of those reports are going to be tabled today. What recommendations are we making to try and, if anything, act as deterrence? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sure yesterday, you saw in the media, where we are being told how certain billions of shillings are being misappropriated by certain county governments, and certain services are not being provided. What then are we doing about it? How are we going to make sure that some of these mistakes are not repeated? It looks like it is over, and over, and over again. We need to engage in this. I would wish that my 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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