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"content": "speak, I hope the Senate Majority and Minority Whips are whipping the Members for us to conclude on this today. I thank you."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I hear the Senate Majority side is whipping their Members from the comfort of their chairs."
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"content": "I rise in support of the Disbursement Schedule and I will make a few comments on this. I have looked at the First Schedule and I associate myself fully with the comments by the Senate Majority Leader. We are headed towards end of May. This is when we are trying to approve this Schedule for certain cadres of public servants in our counties to begin receiving their pay yet they have worked for this number of months. Something must happen. A decision has to be made and this Senate has a role to play in making that firm decision led by the Senate Majority Leader."
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"content": "The issue of Community Health Promoters (CHPs) is becoming a national nuisance. We cannot live in a country where people who have been contracted to offer a service must take to the streets for them to be paid for the services which they were hired and contracted. A solution to the CHPs must be found. We must not sit pretty in the Senate knowing, as it were, that health is a devolved function. I want to challenge the Senate Committee on Health, which is led by Senator Mandago. I know they have tried to do what they have tried to do, but I want to challenge them to draw the line in the sand. They should say enough is enough. We cannot have these demonstrations outside Parliament, in the streets of Nairobi, every day, every week, of people just demanding the same thing, which is their right. They have a right to be paid this money. Something must happen for us to get done with this matter. The next issue under the same First Schedule is on the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs). I do not know the reason or wisdom that was used to phase out the allocation of the national Government share to county governments to construct the industrial parks. I know of two phases: phase one and phase two. My county, Kitui, did not make to the list for the first phase. However, due to its desire to create jobs and push forward the manufacturing agenda in our county, the County Executive of Kitui approached the County Assembly of Kitui, which approved the share of the County Government of Kshs250 million for the construction of CAIP at a place called Kanyonyo in Kitui Rural Constituency."
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"content": "The last time I checked, that construction had been done up to around 40 per cent. However, some counties have already received the Government share for CAIP yet they have not even done five per cent of those constructions. My appeal to the decision- makers and policy-makers in relation to the CAIP, is that those counties that have demonstrated a willingness and even committed their funds for the construction of these CAIPs be fast-tracked to get their share of the Government funding to complete their CAIPs. If you look at the Schedule for Kitui County, it is blank all through. This means that in the entirety of this financial year, Kitui County will not receive a cent from the Government share yet we have committed our own resources for the construction of the CAIP at Kanyonyo. As I said, this is a non-discriminatory expenditure where the County Government of Kitui and all other county governments have no discretion. It is a decision The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "that was taken at the national level that they should be constructing. The least that we can do is to match the amount of money that counties have spent on these CAIPs to ensure completion and utilization of the facilities. Secondly, in the Second Schedule is the issue of court fines. I do not know whether this reputation is right. I request Sen. Roba to help me with this. I do not know whether there is a correlation between the level of crime in a county and the amount of money that is allocated to those counties as part of the share from court fines. If there is a correlation, then I must thank the people of Kitui profusely because for the entire financial year, the only money accruing from court fines is only Kshs100,000."
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"content": "The Senator for Kakamega County is wondering which heaven this is. If there is a correlation between crime and the amount of money that accrues from court fines, then the people of Kitui County are doing extremely well. I cannot compare them with the people from other counties that I do not want to mention. This money is very little money. It is realized revenue and I do not see why we should stagger this amount of money through the Committee. Money that is as little as this should be disbursed once. It is realized revenue and not money that one will be looking for. It is money that they have contributed to the Exchequer. It will be better if they can get this money and use it in the right way to deal with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I support the Schedule. I thank you."
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"content": " Allow me to make this communication before I allow more comments on this Motion."
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"content": "(Interruption of debate on Motion)"
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"content": "COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CHAIR"
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