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    "content": "how it will be extended from Nairobi to Malaba. It would have been fair to show how that project will go to the end and all Kenyans will feel proud to benefit from this project. The Registrar of Political Parties office is a docket which we would have wished as Members of Parliament to see it build capacity and also assist political parties to ensure that they manage their affairs properly, especially now that we are moving towards the electioneering mood. We would want to see things work. That is why we have queries with regard to the operations of the IEBC. As Kenyans, we should stop accusing one political side of intending to rig elections. We should come up with a new identification card in the form of a SIM Card. Once we get that card, even issues to do with security and the problems we face during the population census will be solved. This card should have a chip that carries all personal data and can be used as a voter’s card, driving licence or NSSF card. For the many years I have lived, I have never seen the NSSF call Kenyans and inform them how much money they are holding from them and how they are going to use it. They do a lot of business with people’s money, but when you look at the person who contributes, I wonder whether they understand what NSSF stands for and what it holds for this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, issues to do with agriculture and health care are some of the areas which the BPS does not clearly capture. For example, as you work on the irrigation projects, on, say, a million acres, how do we ensure that everybody benefits? Are we spreading these projects or we are just looking at one region? The best would be to spread these projects in all the regions and then culminate to the million acres that you are thinking about so that every Kenyan can reap the benefits. These are new projects that Kenyans would want to own as they move on. The national Treasury should ensure that new projects are spread across the whole country. Sen. Musila has just talked about the road joining Kibwezi and Kitui. This is a very critical road which can be of assistance to travelers from Mombasa who want to go to Kitui or Embu. We have not seen in this PBS how they have allocated the funds and if, indeed, that road will be prioritized so that it opens up that area. As Senate, there are critical issues – without looking at our various political parties – that we must support Government to ensure that it succeeds. If we want devolution to work, then it is time we told the governors that as we look for these resources and interrogate documents for the sake of increasing the allocation of resources, they have a responsibility to ensure that Kenyans are given a service. Secondly, that they have a responsibility to prove to Kenyans that devolution can work. The Senate should stamp its authority and probe the operations of governors. I would like to thank the Judiciary for stamping their authority and ensuring that the Senate is given a responsibility to ensure that this country moves on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we go home, Kenyans ask a lot of questions. At the moment, we are staring at a crisis that is about to start because there is no rain in the whole country. Today, farmers are struggling and wondering what to do with their crops. We should ensure that we no longer see images on television of people dying of hunger. I am hoping that the Governor of Turkana is tackling the hunger situation in his county. He has good resources that can cater for such eventualities. We should never see 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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