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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, most of us live in Kiambu County which is not very far from here. Are you counted as a resident of Kiambu County and thus are represented by Sen. Wamatangi including someone like me or am I counted in West Pokot? There are people who have more than one home, for instance, you live in Kiambu County and own a house in Nakuru and Milimani in Kisumu County. Is it the person who owns the houses that is counted or it is the houses? I am also amazed that Marsabit County with the biggest land size but with a small population scattered all over is first. Turkana which is rated second has been given 8 per cent because of the land. That is what we should be looking at. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you go to Kiambu, everybody has a plot yet when you go to some remote areas, you walk for 100 kilometers before you can see a home. Why are we then wasting money on empty space? If we are considering land space, we should overlook the unoccupied land, and get the total sum of occupied land. We should be addressing the three pillars of the Vision 2030; the economic, social and security pillars. If we must address our problems then we should channel development to where our people are; we should supply water and electricity to the manyattas where people have schools and connect roads to the people. We should not just blindly distribute money. It is no wonder we have some counties which roll over their money to the next Financial Year. Some counties have even employed and bought vehicles for the village administrators yet they still have so much money left. We have talked about fiscal responsibility and development factors here but just as one of my colleagues mentioned earlier, I wonder where the Equalization Fund is. It is six years since we enacted the Constitution yet we have not utilized that money. We recently saw in the news that the President and the Deputy President went to Isiolo County and gave out a little of the same. However, where are the previous allocations? I ask because it came into effect on 27th August 2010 but we are yet to receive the money. We are being told that the National Assembly wants the money reallocated to them. What do they want to use that money for? It is not meant for the national Government issues. Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has lost meaning because it looks like it is an allocation of the national Government, yet it should also belong to the county government. I am unable to trace where that money goes to unless there is any Senator here who knows where the CDF goes to. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in 1965 the first Sessional Paper, African Socialism and its Application to Planning in Kenya identified agriculture and land tenure as key and decided to concentrate development along the railway line. Therefore, marginalization was deliberate at that time because it talked about less developed areas and what needed to be done. However, we have not done it. Therefore, the reason why people move to the cities is because the rural areas are not developed. I suggest that in the coming generational formula, Nairobi should be removed as a poverty zone as well as the former provincial headquarters because they enjoyed a status we never did for over 50 years. For instance, Kakamega County should be removed from the consideration as well as Nakuru, Nyeri, Mombasa, then look at the formula keenly. The people of Elgeyo-Marakwet who are my neighbours all live in the hills and 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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