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    "content": "faith. We thought we could save the situation. I am surprised that today, three years later, we are talking about the problem of Tana River which we had considered at that time and the estimates had been done. We had designs of a brilliant county assembly which was to cost Kshs100 million. Four of them would cost Kshs400 million, but now I think the cost is higher, three years later. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion, but later on, we will need to modify even the Kiambu County Assembly to look like a serious legislative House. West Pokot County which has something resembling a meeting place also needs to be redone. It falls under category two which includes Lamu, Kwale, Garissa, Bomet, West Pokot and Elgeyo-Marakwet. The Elgeyo-Marakwet County Assembly is very peculiar because they are meeting in a very old mzungu house which used to be the District Commissioner’s (DC) office in 1940. It is made of bricks without cement. So, you can imagine how it looks like. There is also Kajiado, Isiolo, Samburu, Wajir, Marsabit, Turkana, Mandera, Kitui, Nyamira, Migori and Vihiga counties. There are a total of 20 counties which need to be urgently considered. Laikipia County Assembly falls in the category that should be improved. They wanted to move to a place called Mutara which has nothing on site. We advised them that since they have a choice between Nyahururu and Nanyuki where they currently are, they at least have a luxury to sit there for a few more years. You can see the problems that are erupting right now. The Senate Majority Leader has pointed out something that is very key, and I hope that during the Supplementary Estimates, the Government factors in these funds and then in February when this House resumes, we have to look at the other details and the money which is required by the Nakuru County Assembly so that they can also meet in a good assembly. At the moment, they are currently meeting in the former county council hall except that we now have new people in the building. So, we wanted to make it look better. Sometimes too much interference by Government Ministries can lead to stress. Suppose we had allowed the Minister with his team to proceed, we would have gone very far, but we wasted Kshs150 million going round to collect all these data instead of putting it on paper. I had sent for the drawings but now it is too late. I wanted to show you how beautiful they are because the Ministry of Public Works had now to put them in the shelves. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Kenyans should be very keen. When an idea is brought, we should not always read bad motives in it. We always think of corruption in every little thing that we want to do. Sometimes we must allay these fears and start to implement some of these things. Some of the ideas that Kenyans have come up with do not come to pass because of our general fears and competition amongst us. I think it is time we shelved our ambitions so that ideas like this one can come to pass. If this is done, it should be the first place where the Senate should go and visit. The Senate can even 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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