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    "content": "system of Government. If it is going to continue as a grant or as a national Government fund devolved to the constituencies, we need to define the functions and limit them, perhaps, to education only. We must make sure there is no conflict between the resources that are going to be allocated to infrastructure and the ones that are going to be given through the CDF. Therefore, counties must be able to sit down and come up with proper planning to determine where the CDF goes and where the other devolved funds go, so that we do not have conflict in funding of projects. I think this House must give leadership on this matter without fearing our junior brothers in the junior House. We must give direction as to how CDF is going to be placed in regard to devolved funds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I come from Elgeyo-Marakwet. We are blessed with fluoride or flouspar. We are also blessed with game reserves. I have gone to Sen. Dan Mwazo’s county at a place called Mwatate Mwakinyungu. They have resources, but the locals are not benefitting in any way. At the opportune time, I shall be requesting this House to pass legislation which I hope to introduce to ensure that we have a specific percentage of benefits from a resource located in a particular area remaining with the local people so that they benefit. Many things have been said about computers and about the impossibilities or possibilities of the issues. I want to quote from Robert Kennedy who said and I quote:- “Some men see things as they are and say “why”, I dream things that never were and say “why not”. Those of us who believe that nothing can be done must wake up in the spirit of this man and say that why can we not try it. It is possible to have a laptop given to children in Turkana because even if they are studying from outside, they would do so, and make use of the solar resource there. So, they will grow up knowing that this is a digital age. My son who is not even in class one can operate my iPad and all other electronic devices. I want the children of Kenya to have that opportunity that my son has. Therefore, I support. Finally, most of us doubt and say that we cannot do anything because we are individuals. I want to quote again Robert Kennedy speaking to the youth in South Africa on 6th June, 1966. He said:- “This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. It is a revolutionary world we live in, and thus, as I said in Latin America and Asia, in Europe and in the United States, it is young people who must take the lead. Thus, you, and your compatriots everywhere, have had thrust upon you a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived. An Italian philosopher said; “Nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilious to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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