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    "content": "formula is coming for review next year, we want to ask ourselves; if Turkana has been getting Kshs7 billion for three years, how much of that money have they put in the right areas that will deal with the issues they want? Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you will remember also, my Committee tabled a report here on transfer of functions and this House approved it. We allowed county governments to build their own silos. So, they have a right to come up with stores that can store the food they are generating without it going to waste. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have been told about Migori and other places; I think the problem that is in this country is that if these programmes were working well, we would be able to take food from those who are producing, like Trans Nzoia and Migori, like someone said, to the areas that are ASALs as provided for in the Act. Lastly, I want to share with my colleagues. If money that has been allocated to marginalized areas and people who are suffering is not going to be used for that purpose-- - As I said, I respect the able Chairman of the Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee, Sen. Khalwale. Some of the reports that we have heard are situations where a Governor of a marginalized area has suddenly acquired unexplainable kind of wealth to buy a litany of houses in Nairobi and other urban areas. When you follow up you are told that some of the monies in those areas are being proliferated. If we want devolution to have benefits, the Committee led by Sen. Khalwale - where I am an ordinary Member and the Vice-Chair is Sen. Hassan - must lead this House towards robust accountability structures and fighting corruption in the counties. This will ensure that the money given to marginalized areas can count. The message to the courts is: “Please, do not be a stumbling block on saving the lives of poor ordinary Kenyans in marginalized areas.” Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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