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    "content": "already have the Uwezo Fund established in this country. We have line Ministries carrying out development at the county level. We also have state corporations and regional agencies within our counties that are engaged in development activities within our counties. We also have donors and civil society organizations within our counties that are engaged in development activities in the counties. The challenge that exists right now is that we do not have a platform and legal framework for us to synergize development. Soon, we will have cattle dips in one area funded by different institutions. We will also have the CDF funding one particular project and at the same time, have another programme funding the same activity. That provides an opportunity for misappropriation and embezzlement of public resources. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is need to create synergy and coordinated development at the county level. It is also important that all of us are able to look at the effectiveness that we seek to achieve through this coordinated development. How do we coordinate and harmonize development projects at the county level, if we do not have a platform where the members of the CDF committees can have an idea of what the Governor is going to do? The status now is that even as the Governors project their county budgets, they have no idea what activities the CDF is going to engage in. As I speak, those who are in charge of the CDF, as they carry out their planning, have no idea what the Governor and county government will do. All of us have no idea what the line Ministries are going to do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important that we are able to provide a platform where the Members of the National Assembly, Members of the County Assemblies and the representatives of the line Ministries at the counties can engage. By doing this, we will be able to synergize and coordinate development at the county level. How can we do this if we do not have a legal framework? The County Development Board seeks to provide for this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have seen budgets within the counties that ignore certain regions. In my county, we have six constituencies. A budget within Nandi County should, therefore, be able to provide for equity in development across the six constituencies. It is important that we are able to synergize and create coordinated development in the counties, so that we can ensure that equality is achieved. If we do not have coordinated development, oversight becomes a challenge. We cannot expect this House to oversight or the Senators within those counties to raise the red flag in this House that some things are not right within their counties. Recently, this House dealt with an incident in Turkana County, where members of the county executive committee in Turkana were able to amend the budget after it was passed by the County Assembly. Those are some of the things that the County Development Board will provide an opportunity for us to discuss and deal with issues at the county level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, public participation is a constitutional principle under the new constitutional dispensation. The Constitution mandates and dictates that we must have public participation at every level of engagement at the county and even at the national level. If the Constitution requires that we have public participation, it would be absurd to imagine that the same Constitution would not encourage the participation of elected 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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