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"content": "We need to construct proper marketing facilities in our towns and market centres. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, sometimes I wonder why we levy some fees to people who go to our markets. What service does the Government provide to the people who go to the old market or Webuye Market? Nothing! There are no latrines. There is no water or even security. What do they pay for? I am asking the Minister to provide theses services, so that one pays, knowing that he is paying for a service. That can be done if the Minister takes charge of the Local Authority Transfer Fund money, instead of giving it to the people who Mr. Midiwo said misappropriate it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, since last year, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) disbursed Kshs7.2 billion, and you can see that money in the form of projects in every corner of this country. The Ministry of Local Government disbursed Kshs9 billion of LATF, but you cannot see that money anywhere; at least, not in Kisii District. I do not see it anywhere else except Nairobi. Could the Minister round up the people who manage this money and put them in jail? They should be put under the care of Uncle Moody and be made to explain where they took this money. When are we going to have street lights? The Nairobi City Council has attempted to install some in the city. When are we going to have them in Nakuru, Mombasa, Kisumu, Kisii and Nyamira towns? They used to be there sometime back. Where did they go to? When are we going to have proper sewerage systems? Even in Nairobi's Karen area, we have allowed sub-division of land to very low levels, and yet we have not provided for a proper sewerage system. Two or three years from now, Karen area will be stinking with sewage because there is no proper sewerage system. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when are we going to zone this city, so that when you invest in Lavington you know what you are buying? Today, you could buy a house in Lavington and the next day, its value could be reduced to nothing because somebody has introduced a slum in the neighbourhood. When does the Nairobi City Council intend to repossess some of the properties that were wrongly given to people? When will the Nairobi City Council re-occupy the mayor's house? The current Minister for Local Government is the one who brought to this House the Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Bill, which we enacted into law. We know that he does not August 1, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2503 condone corruption. So, why can he not apply that law? Who gave away the mayor's house to an individual, however senior he was in the Government? Round him up and hand him over to Uncle Moody. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is supposed to provide road, planning and security services. What do the City Council askaris do apart from chasing away hawkers? Once the askaris chase away the hawkers, they do nothing else. Can they not provide some security services? Dr. Ojiambo talked about transport. It is time we got proper transport systems in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, even if it means having the local authorities in those cities investing in that system. Recently, the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Public Works visited London. The authorities in that city have provided a proper transport system. You can use the railway, bus or canal. London has more than 20 million people and yet they have got an efficient transport system. In Nairobi, maybe, we are now five million people, but the Nairobi City Council cannot provide us with adequate transport. We are now inviting boda boda transporters to come to Nairobi. What can boda boda do in Nairobi? Inviting boda boda transporters to Nairobi is like inviting hawkers of transport. It will be a problem to eliminate them. Boda boda transporters should be confined to small towns. Instead of"
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