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    "content": "Machakos County, concerning marginalization of Kola Ward in the implementation of development projects by the Machakos County Government. As you are aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution says:- “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including to enact, amend or repeal any legislation.” Hon. Senators, in his Petition, Hon. Festus Ndeto states as follows:- (a) that in the approved budget for Machakos County for the Financial Year 2013/2014, a number of projects were earmarked for development in Kola Ward as follows; (i) construction of three roads each at a cost of Kshs5 million; (ii) construction of early childhood development classrooms; (iii) construction of two water projects namely, Lumbwa Water Project and Kitunduni Water Project at a cost of Kshs9 million and Kshs6 million respectively; (iv) drilling of four boreholes and dams (v) disbursement of Kshs4 million set aside for the elderly, physically challenged and youth groups; (vi) disbursement of Kshs2 million set aside for bursaries; (vii) construction of Mumandu Market drainage system; (viii) construction of Mumandu Market shades at a cost of Kshs5 million; (ix) construction of a health center in the ward at a cost of Kshs12 million; (x) supply of 10,000 litres water tanks for each primary school in the ward; (xi) purchase of land for public utilities; (xii) construction of ward administration offices; and (xiii) purchase of two ambulances for the ward. (b) THAT, of the above projects, only the two ambulances, the water tanks for the primary schools, one road and health center, which is only partly constructed have been implemented; (c) THAT, of the projects earmarked for Kola Ward in the Financial Year 2014/2015, no single project has been implemented; and (d) THAT, the Governor of Machakos County has stated through allies that he will not do anything for Kola Ward due to the petitioner’s political persuasion and stand against corruption and the petitioner believes that this is the reason why the electoral ward he represents has been marginalized when it comes to initiation and implementation of development projects in Machakos County; (e) THAT as a result of (d) above, the Governor has acted in contravention of Article 27 of the Constitution on equality and freedom from discrimination, by denying the public resources to Kola Ward, thereby disadvantaging Kola Ward residents who are loyal taxpayers; and (f) THAT unless something is done to reverse this unfortunate trend, the residents of Kola Ward will be denied the right to enjoy the gains of devolution whose prime objective is to bring services and development closer to the people. (g) THAT the petitioner has brought to the attention of the relevant county departments, relevant County Assembly committees and also sought the intervention of the County Assembly through statements without a solution. 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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