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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "problem. There are people who have finished Standard 8 or who might not necessarily have had the opportunity to even go up to Standard 8, who have not had the opportunity to go to school, but because of drought, their alternative livelihoods of pastoralism or farming has been taken away and they now find themselves in the villages. Even for those who perform poorly in Form Four exams and wish to continue with life, those village polytechnics are the biggest opportunity to help them get those critical skills which can help them get self-employment. Time and again, counties have got the money. Unfortunately, there is not much on the ground in terms of village polytechnics. I urge the governors that for the betterment of Kenyans, our country and people, village polytechnics should be rehabilitated using the Kshs2 billion given for that purpose. Those who do not have village polytechnics should take the opportunity to put up the facilities to help Kenyans equip themselves with critical knowledge in their lives. On the issue of the Kshs7.9 billion which has been given for the Fuel Levy Fund, what has happened recently is that a number of roads that, otherwise, used to fall under KeRRA, have now been put under county governments. For example, in my constituency, one of the roads that is a very well-known trade route between the town of Balambala and the town of Dang’ere has been handed over to the county governments. Unfortunately, for two years now, this road has not received any attention. I just want to urge the county governments that now that we are receiving money like Kshs7.9 billion, there is no excuse at all why such a road should remain unattended and impassable in some places like the road that I have just mentioned. I do not want to say much on this Bill. Much has been said by my colleagues and I have no intention of repeating the good points that have already been said. I just wanted to urge our colleagues in the other House to realise the urgency with which this Bill is being awaited. The county governments have to do a lot of things. We are doing the vertical split which means sharing of revenue between the counties and the national Government. That is what we are doing today. The Senate is required to do the horizontal split which is share out funds to the respective counties. Each county is required to present the same to their own assemblies so that they can now hold the required public hearings. There is quite a lot of work and knowing that this is an election year, we might find ourselves in a situation where counties do not have funds to operate in the near future. For that reason, without further delay on this issue, I support the passage of this Bill."
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