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"content": "are very desperate for services from the Government, but they cannot get them. Why did we moot idea of the CDF? It was not out of our wish. Had the Executive been delivering, no hon. Member would have been interested in the CDF. In fact, it looks so awkward when I am distributing bursary funds to students because I am surrounded by many people. We have the Provincial Administration and other staff in the district who should be able to identify the needy students from various schools. But because most of the Government departments and institutions have failed, some of this work has been pushed down to hon. Members and other institutions which are not relevant to people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when people say that the current Government has delivered, they just talk about boreholes and electricity projects which are being undertaken in some areas. If you were to audit the current status of the projects--- I will give an example of my Teso District. Recently, I was with the Minister for Water and Irrigation and his Assistant, and the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs at my place. If I were to ask the hon. Minister: \"Which water project either a borehole or a dam, is operational in Teso District, despite money having been allocated even through the Budget allocation here?\" The answer would be \"none.\" However, since these Ministers want to show the President that they are March 21, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 55 working, they go round in Government vehicles using Government money and cheat him. Later on, when the President goes round while looking for votes, he will not see any boreholes. He will be posing questions such as: \"Where are the dams?\" I remember in my constituency, contracts were awarded by the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (NWCPC). The guy came and scratched a dam and Kshs3 million went to him. For three dams, he got Kshs9 million. The boreholes were also three and each cost Kshs2 million. If one were to value the work done, it would come to a total of Kshs200,000. What mischief are we talking about? We are blindfolding our people. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me talk about electricity projects. When the President said that he was trying to implement an ambitious project, I agreed with him because in my constituency, we have around five projects which were very ambitious. They were started three years ago, but very few of them are operational. Those which were completed were done using very poor materials. The quality of work done and the materials used are very disastrous. One day, it may cause a catastrophe to the people. If the Government could tell us how much it has collected from people in terms of revenue; and if a proper valuation was to be done and found to be commensurate to what it has done for the people of Kenya, using the current rates, we would see that this Government has done something. However, you will find that if you value a project where Kshs2 million is supposed to have been utilised, you will find that only Kshs200,000 has gone into it. The rest of the money has gone through corruption. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of creating new districts, there are people who are saying that others are opposed to it. Nobody is opposed to the creation of new districts. But the intention and timing of the Government in doing that is vital. When the Government creates a new district, it should be prepared to take care of it."
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