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    "content": "the fourth year. Where is the over Kshs1 billion that has been given to the County Government of Kakamega over successive years to be used as conditional grants? On what has this money been spent in Kakamega? Until we answer this we are not playing our oversight role. Still on the conditional grants, I have a fourth point which is that the Government, thankfully has set aside Kshs2 billion to be spent on youth polytechnics, previously called village polytechnics. It is commendable, but how can you have a county having its priority on spending billions supporting university colleges and ignore spending money on youth polytechnics and Early Childhood Education Centers (ECDE). Where is the money needed? How does a county prioritize the creation, for example, in Turkana of a university college at the expense of village polytechnics for Turkana and Pokot youth who, because of this lack, resort to cattle rustling? That is the last investment an intelligent governor is supposed to do in those areas. They are supposed to invest in ECDEs, primary schools and village polytechnics because the constituent colleges that you put here are for purposes of serving Kenya. The students who come there, probably, 90 per cent of them will be from Turkana. These grandiose projects by our governors should be the reason majority of the first generation of governors should go kabisa . If I had a vote, there are two governors I would vote for. I know I have fought many battles with them but when I look at the governor of Meru, that young man, Governor Munya has grown revenue collection from a paltry Kshs1 billion per year to Kshs5.6 billion at source. The young man is working. Governor Kabogo has grown his revenue targets from Ksh.1.5billion to Ksh.4.5billion. These are governors who appear to know what they are doing. They should be given an opportunity to also blaze the trail so that other governors including second generation governors like myself and governor in waiting my brother Stephen Sang---. We can learn from them. We have to give credit where it is due so that we do not look like we are just criticizing for the sake of it. Speaking on the issue of village polytechnics, I asked the Governor of Kakamega the purpose of this conditional grant of Kshs2 billion, if among others is to equip village polytechnics. When I was a Member of Parliament I am one of the few members who has ensured that in every ward, I have two functional youth polytechnics. However, I do not know whether the Governor for Kakamega hates Ikolomani and Shinyalu because that is my home. He has refused to equip Shilolavakhali Polytechnic. I do not know whether he hates it because of its name."
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