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    "content": "they are public entities, they should be able to get this money from the market or banks. They should not get it from our taxes. Let Telkom Kenya go to the banks and get the Kshs2.2 billion which the Minister has indicated he wants to give it. Likewise, let the Kenya Railways go out there with its assets and get the Kshs4.4 billion from the market. You can imagine how many Kenyans can get water with this Kshs7 billion which has been allocated to the Kenya Railways and Telkom Kenya. If you were to allocate this money to water, you would be sure that many Kenyans would get water. So, you need to rethink these grants you are generously giving to these private and public entities. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Minister has indicated also that he is going to give Kshs3.8 billion to the youth. I do not know whether it is through the Youth Enterprise Development Fund or the Kazi kwa Vijana Programme. The Minister may need also to relook at how he wants to spend this Kshs3.8 billion so that at the end of the day, it becomes useful to all of us. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Minister has continued to break the law in terms of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Act. During this Financial Year 2010/2011, he still made a choice that he was not going to give the 2.5 per cent of ordinary revenue and in the process, he has shortchanged us to the extent of Kshs900 million this financial year. When we add that to the Kshs1 billion which he shortchanged us during the last financial year, that comes to about Kshs2 billion. If the Minister is not able to adhere to the law to the extent of 2.5 per cent of ordinary revenue, how is he going to adhere when the President signs the new Constitution into law, which requires him to give us 15 per cent at the grassroots? The Minister should be more serious than that and give us our rightful allocation. In terms of CDF, he should give us 2.5 per cent of ordinary revenue. It is simple mathematics. We went to his office yesterday and showed him how to calculate, so that he does not keep shortchanging us. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope that before the Minister leaves the House today, he is going to tell us about the agreement which we made in his office yesterday; that he is going to give us Kshs800 million in Supplementary Estimates, come January, to cater for the shortfall in remittances to the extent of Kshs1.6 billion and give us the balance of Kshs800 million in next year’s Budget of 2011/2012. I hope the Minister will mention that while he is responding to our comments. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will note that last year, the Minister gave each constituency, among other finances, Kshs30 million for model schools. I want to inform him that we have not finished building those schools."
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