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    "content": "gender with the village administrator. That is where people primarily live. If anything happens in the county, it has to be felt at the village level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if I want to have public participation, for God’s sake, let it begin at the village level. The information must be sent to the village council. We should not assume that these people are ignorant. If they were ignorant, they would not have elected us in the first place or let us not assume that they do not have preferences in terms of development and choosing the projects they want in their areas. The participation must be cascaded upwards from the village council to the ward administrator, sub-county administrator and finally participation is held. Participation should be structured and then you can hold someone accountable for not calling people to participate. Secondly, the information that you want to convey to people must be available to them ahead of time. That is why online services are there. There must be someone in the village that has an email. In my village, I can point out a couple of people with emails. The village administrator should have an email. My local market must have some printing services. If they are not there, they should be available at the village administrator’s office. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we are talking of public participation, let us not limit ourselves by saying that people should make an input into a programme. Let us also think of the structure of participation and know which technology can assist us get information. That is why it is called Information and Communication Technology and not just technology in abstract but in reality. Having access to that technology means knowing it and knowing how to use it. Let us not think of technology as something complicated. After all, using a jembe or lighting a lamp is technology. So, let us find that information highway that makes it possible for people to have input, criticisms or programmes that we have to implement at the county level. We must participate in order to contribute and get feedback. So, once you participate in the making of the County Integrated Development Program (CIDP) you need to get feedback. When you discuss the Budget in the National Assembly and the Senate, what is the outcome? In the Senate, the outcome of voting for the allocation of funds for the counties is the Auditor-General auditing the use of county funds. He then tables the Report in the House so that it is discussed in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. The Committee summons the governors to give feedback. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is important - I hope Sen. Sang comes up with a Bill on public participation - to have a Bill feedback system by which once the county residents contribute to an issue like CIDP, they should get feedback from the same county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, project implementation is very important. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), for example, provides for Project Management Committees (PMCs). When you are building a classroom, you do not begin doing the work until there is a PMC. The PMC is the owner of the project on behalf of the people. They are the ones who give feedback and hold the CDF accountable. They are also held accountable by the people to ensure that the project is implemented properly. In the present county governments system, the idea of PMCs is loud by its absence. The person held responsible for doing a contract is the person apparently who should also account for what he has done. How does he do it? When the people from the 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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