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    "content": "function must have a correspondent budget and transfer of funds. We, as the custodians of devolution, we must make sure that whatever we transfer through the National Assembly does not hang on the resources that are meant to service the transfer of functions. Just quickly, I want to point out a few things that Sen. Murkomen may wish to look at. The transferred functions should also have addressed the issue of real estate property. Literally, in every county, there is massive real estate; that is houses that were occupied by colonial governors like Provincial Commissioners, District Commissioners and by officers of functions that have already been devolved. However, those properties are legally still under the hands of the national Government. It is important that we also take steps to transfer the real estate, office blocks and other properties to the county governments so that they house and accommodate the staff of the devolved functions. If you go to Marakwet, perhaps, you will find the head of Agriculture staying in a House that belonged to the national Government and yet it is designated as a House under the Ministry of Agriculture. We should have these assets moved to the county governments. The second issue is that I am persuaded by my colleagues here that Class “D” roads should remain with the counties, If you look at the country; you will see that Class “D” roads, cumulatively, are more than “A”, “B” and “C” roads put together. We also have unclassified roads. There is a likely tendency and a temptation to hold on the bulk of money for roads at the national Government. The national Government will continue to pretend that it can superintend on the construction of roads. You have seen what has been happening in this country before. Some regions of this country have tarmacked roads; whether they are classes “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” or “E” roads. They are now dealing with unclassified roads yet in other counties like Wajir and Turkana, not even roads in classes “C” or “B” have been tarmacked. This Senate must ensure that there is equity in the distribution of national resources even those that were at the national level. We should constantly interrogate the national Government on how vital facilities like roads are being managed and developed. I want to see a situation where in every budget, the so called-unbundling and desegregating of funds, will help us see how much money is put on roads for paving and in which areas. There are some areas in the country where the headache is how to maintain tarmac roads. In other areas in the country, the nightmare is how to have murram roads. This is something that we must address properly. Even in counties like the one where the Chairman who moved the Motion comes from is not any better. They also have a nightmare of how they will have murram roads and not how to maintain tarmac roads. We want to correct this. I enjoin Sen. Orengo on the issue of security. If there is anything that the Jubilee Government has dealt with like a deaf stone is on the matter of security. We have spoken and spoken until we are now telling them like the story of the hyena and the stone; that even if you do not answer, you have heard us. The Constitution provides that the Governor chairs a security committee in the county. If you go to the county, you will find 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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