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"content": "Kitengela up to Nairobi. Then the other one is the one which was done so that we can get salt to Nairobi; from Magadi to Nairobi. For those people who live in Kiserian and Ongata Rongai, you know the traffic jam which is there simply because the road is narrow. It was designed to have taken maybe about 30 years. But since it was designed and built, it is now actually supposed to be a dual carriage way. So, I look forward to seeing the road well done. Because of time, I may not be able to capture so many things about my county. We have a serious investor who has been doing a lot of studies for the last four years in Ngong Hills to make sure that he can give us electricity – about 50 megawatts – at subsidized rates, but some people in this country are frustrating that investor. I am sorry to say that I even applied to be a member of the Energy, Roads and Transportation Committee but I was not allowed. I know the Jubilee Government really wants to make sure that the Kenyan people get energy at subsidized rates and there is a Mr. Kirigwa, who is a Chairman of a board which does not even exist – KFS – he has actually frustrated the investor, who even had an agreement with the community to do a hospital worth Kshs200 million to make sure that, at least, he supports a number of students who are in colleges, but he cannot go on. Why? When this person was appointed as a director of KFS, I think just a few months ago, he went on to allocate himself a portion of the land the investor had really done a lot of tests to know that, that is the particular area where he is going to put up the wind mills. So, that director of KFS plus Mr. Mbugua of KFS, to me, are just frustrating the efforts of Jubilee Government to implement its manifesto. On the other side, my members of the County Assembly are really frustrated. I find that, for example, Ewaso Kedong goes all the way up to Suswa, bordering Narok, and then they come all the way up to Ngong Hills. This area is just represented by one member of the County Assembly. That member of the County Assembly must go up to Kajiado, which is about 200 kilometers away where he is supposed to be for three days; from Tuesday to Thursday. His sitting allowance is only Kshs3,000. He will have to sell maybe a goat or a cow to reach there, and then the salary was reduced from Kshs120,000, which was covering a small electoral area, to about Kshs79,000. Currently, the ward covers about three wards. In fact, I support the Members of the County Assembly when they say that the Serem Commission did not do the work they were supposed to have done. I do not think they researched well enough to know the kind of work that the members of the county assemblies do, where they live and the location of the headquarters of the assemblies. Right now, those people who are doing their first term are contemplating to resign simply because of the allowances. I feel, as a Senator, that if we do not protect them, we would really have a problem because we would not actually achieve devolution at the county level. So, I want to ask this House that, as we speak, let us look at the allowances and salaries and make sure that Members of the County Assemblies are well remunerated and taken well care of. I beg to support."
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