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    "content": "would not even need to allocate them money. This is an issue that the Senate should start addressing. This will ensure that we allocate more money to other counties that we know are facing problems. Turkana County has been allocated a whooping Kshs10 billion. I hope that this money will not be used to just buy vehicles for the village elders. When we go to Turkana we should see a transformation of a county that is a receiving quite a huge sum of money. Wajir County has been allocated Kshs7 billion. Let the Senate be bold enough because we allocate a lot of money, but whenever we go to the ground we feel very disappointed. This is because despite the money allocated, we do not see people coming out of poverty and marginalization. You will find a road of 24 kilometres being worked on by three contractors. This does not make sense. We have to be very bold because this is taxpayers’ money. The money allocated should enable some counties to move to a level where people in those counties should never say again that they are marginalized. I would like to address the Ministry of Devolution and Planning regarding the National Youth Service (NYS) and the money allocated to it. The activities of the NYS should be felt all over the country. If this happens nobody will complain. You will see young people being engaged all over the country. I also want to urge the governors to give the youth jobs. There is so much they can do to bring change. Today in Nairobi, we are rushing to rehabilitate roads in preparation for the visit by President Obama. It is unfortunate that President Obama has to come for us to repair roads. They are even referring to it as “beautification for Obama.” We are forgetting that everybody pays tax and, therefore, we must get services."
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