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"content": "amount each county receives, they get that money back to develop that county? Why is it that only 10 counties are receiving the court fines? Secondly, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and I wish the Chairperson of the Senate Committee of Finance and Budget was here. I have not seen the royalties from minerals. We produce a lot of gold in Narok County. Why have we not received the money from royalties? The only thing you are giving Narok County is money to pay the Community Health Promoters, which is little, around Kshs49 million, and Kshs21 million in arrears to pay their doctors. Where is our money when it comes to the royalties? The Chinese and other people who subscribe to that arena of mining are trooping Narok County. They are in Loita Hills illegally. They are in the border of Narok and Migori counties in Transmara District. Sometimes while going through the news, you find that the company Kilimapesa, which is mining in Narok County, is listed in the London Stock Exchange. You also hear that they have discovered a huge piece of gold, which costs a lot of money. Where is our money? Those are the things that we ask. That is why I want to beseech all of us here, that, when we are here, we continue fighting for our counties to get this money. So that we do not delay this, let us do away with this RMLF. If we cannot send RMLF to our counties, let us put it aside and develop another piece of legislation to work on just that RMLF. Some of us feel like we should not have the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and that, that money should go to the counties. However, today, we are sending this money, in May, yet the financial year is coming to an end in June, because of our sibling rivalry between the National Assembly and the Senate. Really, are we not just joking? There is nothing we are doing here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I support this, I hope that all of us can be comprehensive in terms of looking at this document and see how much is going to your county. If there is any mining in Bomet, Kericho, Migori and Narok counties, they should get royalties. Unfortunately, we are not getting that money. Every county should get court fines, unless you are telling us that Narok County courts should never charge any court fines. Then we will be fine. If it is crime which is being committed, it is being committed in Narok County. We have no street lights, because it costs so much to be able for our county government to pay for the street lights. That fine can help us offset that expense. So, as I support this, in my opinion, we should not be in a rush just to pass it. We should ask questions. The Senate Committee on the Finance and Budget should try to advocate, and encourage equity. I know we can never be equal, but some form of equity would help us. We are fighting for devolution, but we cannot say that when people of Narok County commit crimes and the courts in Narok charge fees, it should only support people in Nairobi City County. Nairobi City County should collect the money from their courts and use it. I urge the Senate Majority Leader that this is a matter that we need to sit down and think about. Otherwise, I support."
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