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    "content": "you can travel if you live in Kwale County and you want to go to Mombasa or Nairobi counties. You should be able to move from one place to another and conduct your activities. It is time we sought explanations from the Ministries about the status of a situation like this where only 5 per cent of roads are paved. Sen. Kasanga has proposed a very straightforward mechanism; which is to use modern eco-friendly and inexpensive technologies. This can effectively be applied across the 47 counties. It is important for this particular Senate to liaise quickly with the County Executive Committee (CEC) members of various counties even as the Bill comes into place. In terms of the mechanism for gaining synergy for this to happen, they need to coordinate with the Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) of various county assemblies. Our work as the Senate is to oversight and push for development. We have spoken in this House so many times about the money that is devolved to counties. If money is devolved to counties and it gets swallowed by the wage bill and it does not go into the development budget, then we have a problem. About 30 per cent of the money that goes to the counties should be factored in the development budgets. A development budget should change the people’s lives. Look at Kenya now in its second phase of devolution. The social analysts and researchers should give us quick data about improvement of people’s lives. They need to tell us whether their lives have improved in the past five or six years; whether there has been a substantial shift and whether there is output it terms of having various facilities improved; whether they are able to get water easily; whether they can take their goods and services to where they need to get to and whether one county is able to transfer a bumper harvest to another county where people are starving. In areas like Garissa and Mandera, when there is drought, people and cattle die but you will find that there is rainfall in other places like Kericho. This should be done through a road network. This is a serious issue because if you look at the paradigm of development, this is the weakest link for development. A country’s economic development is reliant on the quality of its road network. If the road network has not been sufficiently addressed and people do not effectively use those roads for development, then it creates a problem. The scale of development needs to be taken a level higher. Consequently, at the end of the day, people can feel there is a change and it will matter for them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I move towards the conclusion of my support for this Motion, allow me to invite the Christ Education Center from Kiambu County who are watching us. I want to tell these young people that they are the agents of change and the leaders of tomorrow. They have just come to the Senate when we are talking about a critical infrastructural aspect, which is roads. We must move towards more public participation within our realms. They are never too young. They can start within their schools and communities and can be sensitized to what legacy they want to leave in their country. Do they want to leave better roads and education system? Do they want to have more enhanced farming methodologies? It is so simple and straightforward. It is not rocket science at all. 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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