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"content": "about dividing money among the 47 counties when we will be looking at the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. This is not a day when we need to rush things. It is the reason I am here. Some people are probably not here because they have issues. This is a day when we need to stand here and ask: how much money is going to Narok County, for example. This is the Equalisation Fund and we have marginalized areas. In the last Parliament, the CRA narrowed the marginalized areas to sub-locations. For instance, even though money will be given to Narok East, it will not be given to help the entire Narok East. It will be to probably go to Mosiro, where people do not have a health centre, water or whatever. If it is for Emurua Dikirr or Kilgoris Constituency, it will be areas that it will help to uplift the standard of living of these people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I invite us all now to debate how we are going to change our future, because the arguments and fights we have been having are self- defeatist. We now need to ask ourselves, what do we need to do? What belts do we need to tighten? What policies do we need to come up with, so that whatever amount of money we pass in this House can be released? Sometimes I think the reason a lot of things are not done, when it comes to the issue of the Senate, is because we do not have an implementation committee. I think the day we have it with serious consequences, when we pass this Kshs46 billion or all the amount of money that needs to go to the counties, we can follow through to ensure that money is disbursed to counties--- After this, we will be discussing about the county allocation of revenue. Will those funds go to projects that have solely been selected by the National Treasury or does it have an input of the citizens? The reason there is such a huge disparity; the reason there is such a big fight between the younger generation and the current generation, between the millennials and the Gen Zs or the other generation, is because we are not speaking the same language. Instead of doing away with rural urban migration and being intentional by the money we allocate and we follow through, we are busy now talking about improving life in the slums. Why not start new cities? Why not go into areas that are open and set up a city, move people and they move on? Nigeria decided they were tired of lack of coordination and came up with Abuja, a brand-new city. They are building new cities. As a country, Kenya we should be asking ourselves - what will help uplift or change the lifestyle of our people? It becomes very expensive. Now we are talking about this Equalisation Fund. There is some money here, which is being earmarked to take electricity to those marginalised areas, but let us be realistic here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir you and I are pastoralists. I live here and I have probably 2,000 or 3,000 acres of land. To get to where you are, you also have another 2,000 acres of land. By the time we build an electric line to you, we would have spent all the money that is supposed to help people. Why do we not think about creating cities, small towns, even in rural areas? I went to Rwanda and I was impressed with what the Rwandese are doing when we visited President Kagame. That is one of the things I have committed myself to do for the people of Ilchamus in Baringo County; bring them together and have them some social houses. When you put them together, there is enough security. You can put a 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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