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    "content": "Regardless of that, monies and the percentages have continuously grown over the last three years and I am hoping that as we have proposed in this Division of Revenue Bill, the monies will still be increasing. I hope we get the concurrence as it is supposed to be with the National Assembly. Concerning agriculture, of course, it was alluded to, and one flagship project that I note for this Jubilee Government is that of subsidized fertilizer. When you buy in the shops, you will get one bag of 50 Kilogramme Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) or 23-23 fertilizer going for Kshs.3,600 but the Government has set aside over Kshs.3billion to help farmers access subsidized fertiliser across the country regardless of whether you voted for this Government or whether the county government is even led by a Jubilee member. That does not matter in any part of this country. We had a petition here that was brought by one Gedion Keter regarding distribution of fertilizer. I know we have had problems. In my constituency in Gilgil, I petitioned for some two centres for fertiliser in Kiptangwanyi and Gitare from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and it happened. I am hoping that we can take up that Petition; that the way we use primary school as polling stations, we can similarly use distribution centres so close to the people that they do not have to go long distances to access this fertilizer. This is because it is there and it is meant to help. I hope it can be delivered on time. Madam Temporary Speaker, concerning the development agenda, I think the one thing that the President and his team has done is construction of roads. Even if a road does not get to where I am and I see people of Moyale benefiting, they are also Kenyans. People who use to take three days on the road and even giving birth there are now taking seven hours to reach a Government institution to deliver babies. We must note that it is progress. It is, of course, not optimum or the best because the coverage is not 100 per cent but something has been done. When we speak of infrastructure, it really affects everything else because even as we speak of free maternity which is also a flagship project of this Government, you cannot have that if the roads are still not in good condition. However, there is a direct correlation of the infrastructure and the number of child deaths per live births that has gone down consistently from 2013 to date. We are hoping that we will consistently be able to get a child in Lamu having the same chance of survival as a child in Kiambu or Nakuru and able to reach their fifth birthday. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also noted the President had a few regrets and rightfully and the one thing was the issue of wage bill which I hope we are able to address comprehensively. I know the Public Service had done some rationalization but it is still far from being achieved until we are able to get there and breach the gap between the lowest and the highest paid member in Public Service. That will also need the support of Parliament as we are supposed to do because that report has to be brought to Parliament which I hope can do its work as mandated by the Constitution. The one thing the President noted about the work that had been given to this Eleventh Parliament was the issue of the implementation of the Constitution. He, in fact, lauded us and noted that in his term, he has been able to assent to 136 laws. I think it is regrettable that the Senate has suffered big time in this legislative process. Out of these 136 laws, so many of our Bills have either been taken up by Members of the National 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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