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    "content": "they were planning on moving forward and how much money they were putting in ICT. If Narok County implements the policies they told us, they will make progress. However, in addition to matters ICT, the County Government was in a position to raise a lot more revenue if it got more support from the national Government. For example, the Narok County Government should be given conditional grants to develop infrastructure particularly the road network leading to national parks especially the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The roads are in a bad state. This is one of the key areas where our tourists from all over the world, big and small, go to. No wonder tourism is not growing as fast as we would expect. We urge the national government, through this report, to support Narok County Government by facilitating road construction so that tourism can grow. Those roads are not just important for the Narok County Government or its people, they are important for Kenyans. Revenue that comes from tourism benefits Kenyans at large. The Ministry of Devolution and National Planning should also conduct further civic education on the devolved system of government especially on the role of county assemblies vis-à-vis the county governments. In some of the counties that we went to, the committees of the assemblies on ICT were rather confused on the role they should play as far as engaging the county governments in ICT discussions is concerned. Therefore, the feeling we have had in over 30 counties that we have visited is that more needs to be done in civic education for county assemblies to understand what role to play in oversighting their own governments. There is a mistaken notion that the CECs are supposed to be oversighted by this House. It should be made very clear that the work of the county assembly is to engage the so-called ministers in the county governments. It should be made very clear that it is not the role of the Senator to go and ask each County Executive Committee (CEC) member how the money allocated to their section is utilised. We should be engaging the governors to give us an overview of how the monies in the counties are being spent but the detailed oversight of department by department should be done by Members of County Assemblies (MCAs). In some counties, they still do not understand what their role is. Therefore, the Ministry of Devolution and Planning should fund civic education. We also hope that the Senate will also be engaged, if it gets funding, to start civic education in the counties. Senators should have funds to go round counties informing the county citizenry what the role of a Senator is. This is because to date, you will still hear people expecting a Senator to construct a cattle dip, engage in numerous harambees and be the undertaker of various burials and so on. It should be made very clear what the role of a Senator is, so that people can judge the work of a Senator. This is only possible if they understand our roles. You cannot judge an individual or an office unless you know what the role of that office is. People will continue to be confused as long as there is insufficient civic education. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, any form of civic education like what was done before the 2010 Constitution was passed requires money. Honestly, people will be expecting too much. How are people supposed to understand their Constitution if no civic education is being carried out across the country by anybody? 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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