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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I said yesterday, the amount of funds that were allocated to the counties is a far cry of what counties require. Nevertheless, whatever has been availed should run counties. I called upon county governments to utilise the funds prudently. This is because what we are getting from most counties and the report from the Auditor-General is that there is a lot of misappropriation and misuse of funds. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before we adjourned yesterday, we talked about the Fuel Levy Fund. We are punishing county governments when we allocate them only15 per cent of the Fuel Levy Fund and leaving a whopping 85 per cent to the national Government. A majority of the road network in this country are in the rural areas in counties. Currently, there are roads in the counties which need repair and maintenance. Come next year, we should – as a Senate – struggle to increase the amount to the level that is commensurate with the responsibilities that have been given to counties to maintain roads. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, polytechnics are very important especially for our youth. The Government stated that it is committed to ensuring that our youth are empowered. However, this does not seem to be reflected in the allocation of funds for polytechnics. In my county, for instance, we decided to have polytechnics; not village polytechnics. We want to have polytechnics in every ward which are fully equipped with all necessary teaching facilities and tools. However, resources that have been allocated or transferred to the counties for that function are very little. I would have thought that in the same spirit that we encourage and allocate a lot of funds to the National Youth Service (NYS), we should also look at the youth who do not join the NYS and allocate funds to them. It is time that we consider 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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