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"content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. The Supplementary Estimates are meant to cushion the country before the main Budget. Rather, this is the remaining amount or half of what was meant for the development of this country. So, the Minister has done a good job by bringing these Supplementary Estimates although a little bit late. But we understand the reasonwhy they were delayed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the resources of this country must be put into proper use to improve the living standards of our people. As a Government, we really need to look critically into two areas, so that we can bring development or rather upgrade the living standards of our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we cannot have development unless we address the issue of insecurity. We realised this three months ago, when we went through a very shameful process of destroying our country because of positions. Without security, the issue of development is just a very weak pillar. Therefore, in future, the Minister needs to critically look at how to support the institution of security, so that when we get into a problem like the one we got into, we are able to come out in a more civilised and professional way. Likewise, without security, there will be no development and without development there will be no security. I would like to request that the Minister, in his future allocations, he critically looks into the area of roads to open up this country. He should also allocate money to areas of water, health and education, so that when we say we are developing this country, we can stand up as a Grand Coalition Government to ensure that Kenya changes. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we were debating the Motion on the approval of the Board Members of the CDF, we said that this country has developed just because of the 2 per April 30, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 813 cent of money allocated through the CDF. We do not see the tangible results of the 97.5 per cent left with the Central Government, especially in my district. But I can see what the CDF has done. So, we want accountability and transparency. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country is under democratic rule and is governed by Parliament. When we were almost getting into a Grand Coalition, for example, there was panic procurement by several Ministries. Those in the Ministries were concerned about the composition of a Grand Coalition. This does not matter, so long as something is going to benefit Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know the mandate of the Ministry of Industrialization. About Kshs500 million has been allocated to that Ministry. Where is that money going to go? Is it going to go to village, constituency or Jua Kali polytechnics, so that they can industrialize this country from the very bottom? We need policies, so that this country can move forward in a better way. If we recycle money between cities through, for example, the Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF)--- I want to recommend to this House that the salaries of councillors be considered. If we do not raise the salaries of councillors to a level of about Kshs100,000 a month per councillor, this LATF money--- I assure hon. Members that I have not seen any tangible results from the LATF money in my constituency, yet millions of shillings have been allocated to the scheme. Maybe we can consolidate all the money that goes to constituencies into one big kitty, so that we do not have LATF and CDF managed separately. The elected leaders in this country need to manage all this money. Of course, the councillors can come in, because every ward has a councillor, but all those wards fall under constituencies. I would like the Minister to listen to the issue I am about to address, because this is not a laughing matter. The poverty level in Kenya is very high. We must address this issue. We cannot just come and present figures here and say that we have got, for example, a Kshs600 billion Budget, if it is not going to help our people. We want to say: We have got a Kshs100 billion Budget, and because of the people of the Rift Valley, North Eastern and Central provinces, for example, who have lost their crops because of the drought, whatever loan they have taken we can cushion them against loss, or even write them off. The people of Kajiado Central Constituency lost their livestock in 2004 to 2006; they have nothing with which to pay up those loans. They are not going to pay up those loans. Nobody is going to sell their land, because there is nothing they can use to pay up the loans. Therefore, when the Minister prepares his Kshs700 billion Budget, for example, he should say: I must cushion the livestock farmers of Kajiado Central Constituency against loss, because they have lost their animals. I must also cushion the farmers in the Rift Valley Province, because of the post-election violence. They have not planted their"
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