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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is also critical to consider one of the critical determining factors when we are considering revenue allocation. While I support that we should start from a uniform platform of every county receiving a substantial amount across the board, I want to state that population must be given priority. Every service taken to the county is for the purpose of serving the people working, residing and living there. Therefore, population cannot be understated. When I was coming here, I heard some strange comments concerning some allocations with specific reference to Nairobi County which has received 5 per cent of the allocation. This amounts to Kshs11,306,858,928 and what is referred to as conditional grants of Kshs1,605,339,854. Ordinarily to somebody, it might look like a very big allocation. However, I want everybody to look at the special consideration that counties like Nairobi need and ought to be considered for. A county like Nairobi is bearing the biggest burden of our migration patterns from every area of this nation. They come from all parts of this country. Taking us back to the NBS, we are then able to know that a county like Nairobi within just a period of six months is dealing with how many new entrants, especially towards the end of the year when every part of this nation produces school leavers who think and believe that they have to migrate to Nairobi for greener pastures. Looking at these statistics against what Nairobi is receiving honestly, it is a very low amount and we need to reconsider it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, I still want to remind all counties, Nairobi County included, that we want to see more transparency in the way they give out contracts. We want to see civic education conducted to the people living in the counties about the contracts and so on. The civic education should trickle down to the constituencies, wards and cells, so that everybody is brought to speed on what contracts are about to advertised and how else they should create a department that educates and facilitates those who are wishing to enter business engagements with that particular county. This will enable everybody to compete effectively rather than holding critical information and only putting it in the papers when it is one week or two weeks to the deadline. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to make specific reference to Nairobi County, we want to know which debts they are paying, who they are paying and how old the debts are. This is so that we know that nobody is being overtaken in the process of debt payment. It does not make sense if a debt that is six or two years old is being paid when there are debts which are 20 or 15 years old. Some people waited for their debts to be paid until they died out of stress and their children are still following up the same debts. This same scenario is obtaining and relevant in all other counties. We want to see more transparency. Finally, as I conclude, all Governors should know that we are dealing with a more elite society---"
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