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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "least spare 15 per cent for all the wards so that the people can see where money meant for those projects have gone. During our public hearings, one of the issues that we heard was the fact that there are some counties with very small amounts of money for development - some of them as low as 24 or 22 per cent. If 15 per cent is allocated, then that amount will be reduced further. My counter argument on that is that something is wrong. There is over-recruitment. What happens in counties is that every governor - and truth be told – for example, all first term governors who were re-elected for the second term have recruited their own people. If over recruitment is the case at that level, then there will be no money left for development. I do not accept to explain away nor make excuses for the bad behaviour of governors whereas we have better deserving cases whereby equality should be attained in all counties – let me not say equity. This is because, for example, Nairobi City County development needs are quite different from a ward in Wajir County. This is due to the fact that a lot of development has been undertaken in Nairobi and other places in this country. In my county even a Ward itself can be the size of probably the whole of Nyeri County. That is just the size of a Ward in my county in some cases. If there is a constant amount that is going into that county, each village at the end of the day however small, should be able to get some funds. There are things that might be a small investment in Nairobi City County but could be a very big deal in the counties where we come from. For example in my county, installing a tank of water where people can draw water from or a single borehole that costs Kshs5million can make a difference between those people losing all their livestock and their lives and survival for those people. For one to appreciate this Bill you must have seen the deplorable level of development in some of these counties. For people like us, this is the first time we are seeing anything coming to our counties. We never had anything in the first place. We have provided a further restriction. At least 15 per cent of the Development Budget should go to different Wards. The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) also suffers from the same fate because if you did not elect that Member of Parliament (MP) where you come from, you suffer when he is disbursing CDF funds. Within a Ward, those people must have elected that leader or somebody else who is close to home so that he can bring development in the area. The unfairness is closer home. That is one of the things that make a difference in people’s lives and which we should also adhere to. Some people were saying; what is Kshs10 million? The amount of Kshs10 million is a lot of money for some people. If Kshs10 million can build 10 Early Childhood Development (ECD) classes in a sub-county, that is a big deal for some Wards. This is not similar to CDF because the people through public participation will identify the projects that they need. The person in charge, either the County Administrator or Ward Administrator can also participate in that process up to the level of the CEC. After that process of generating the development budget for the county, all the projects will go to the County Assemblies for review or improvement of the proposals. There is separation of power between the MCAs and the County Executive Officers. Therefore, there is a check and balance. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to put measures in place to ensure that once a project has been approved it should be finished and the Governor should not use delaying tactics. For example, he does not implement the projects for those Wards and then he carries them forward; in such a case, he can still not access that money regardless of whether he carries the"
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