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"content": "framers of the Constitution drew the line for us by dividing resources. They went ahead to put a sunset clause on money to be send to counties. It is mind-boggling and self-defeating when today we start talking about two Equalisation Funds in order to implement marginalised policies when Kshs46 billion has been set aside. We will be reduced to a House that talks, but money does not go out. That is the argument we should be having. I know that the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has developed different marginalization policies to advice on the Equalisation Fund. Every year, this Senate passes resources to be sent and implemented in our counties, but it becomes a tug of war because Members of Parliament want to be the ones to implement that or the national Government wants to take that money. Right now, we have a clear path. The most important things that we need to ask ourselves are the 19, 14 or 15 projects that have been proposed to be implemented under the second marginalization policy. Previously, we had others under"
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"content": "the Equalisation FundAppropriation Act, 2018"
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"content": "(Act No.3 of 2018), which brought together resources that we were supposed to send out to counties for the years 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, but was never sent. That is the question. It is where we should put all our thoughts in. We should ask the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Mbadi, of what we can do for him to send that money to the regions. The Constitution is there. I have heard people say that it has been delayed because of debates, but that is not the case. It is just wasting time. We have marginalized regions. There are people who do not even have water in their regions in the 21st century. We are out in the streets arguing and fighting about governance. I have not heard people say that they are going to protest because they do not have water in their village neither have I heard them say that they do not have a hospital in their village. Today, I saw that there was a school---"
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my minutes--- I request that we postpone this issue to tomorrow. We should not be in a rush to move all the other Bills because these are issues that we need to address. I request that you allow me to go through this. I have not been around and there are issues that are very important. I wish that all the Senators were here to talk about these projects and even name the projects. While I was seated here, I received a text message from a Kenyan who was given a contract during the first policy. I think it was under the"
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"content": "(Act No.3 of 2018). That Kenyan has not been paid his money to date. That is what we should be talking about. When are we ever going to become of age when we talk about democracy? We are busy talking about tribal issues and power. We have never said that we should audit these funds. This is one of the most important afternoons in the Senate calendar where we are talking about division of revenue and the Equalisation Fund. Next, we will be talking 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": "about dividing money among the 47 counties when we will be looking at the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. This is not a day when we need to rush things. It is the reason I am here. Some people are probably not here because they have issues. This is a day when we need to stand here and ask: how much money is going to Narok County, for example. This is the Equalisation Fund and we have marginalized areas. In the last Parliament, the CRA narrowed the marginalized areas to sub-locations. For instance, even though money will be given to Narok East, it will not be given to help the entire Narok East. It will be to probably go to Mosiro, where people do not have a health centre, water or whatever. If it is for Emurua Dikirr or Kilgoris Constituency, it will be areas that it will help to uplift the standard of living of these people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I invite us all now to debate how we are going to change our future, because the arguments and fights we have been having are self- defeatist. We now need to ask ourselves, what do we need to do? What belts do we need to tighten? What policies do we need to come up with, so that whatever amount of money we pass in this House can be released? Sometimes I think the reason a lot of things are not done, when it comes to the issue of the Senate, is because we do not have an implementation committee. I think the day we have it with serious consequences, when we pass this Kshs46 billion or all the amount of money that needs to go to the counties, we can follow through to ensure that money is disbursed to counties--- After this, we will be discussing about the county allocation of revenue. Will those funds go to projects that have solely been selected by the National Treasury or does it have an input of the citizens? The reason there is such a huge disparity; the reason there is such a big fight between the younger generation and the current generation, between the millennials and the Gen Zs or the other generation, is because we are not speaking the same language. Instead of doing away with rural urban migration and being intentional by the money we allocate and we follow through, we are busy now talking about improving life in the slums. Why not start new cities? Why not go into areas that are open and set up a city, move people and they move on? Nigeria decided they were tired of lack of coordination and came up with Abuja, a brand-new city. They are building new cities. As a country, Kenya we should be asking ourselves - what will help uplift or change the lifestyle of our people? It becomes very expensive. Now we are talking about this Equalisation Fund. There is some money here, which is being earmarked to take electricity to those marginalised areas, but let us be realistic here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir you and I are pastoralists. I live here and I have probably 2,000 or 3,000 acres of land. To get to where you are, you also have another 2,000 acres of land. By the time we build an electric line to you, we would have spent all the money that is supposed to help people. Why do we not think about creating cities, small towns, even in rural areas? I went to Rwanda and I was impressed with what the Rwandese are doing when we visited President Kagame. That is one of the things I have committed myself to do for the people of Ilchamus in Baringo County; bring them together and have them some social houses. When you put them together, there is enough security. You can put a 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": "police post, bring electricity and give them water. You can also help them use the resources which are located in Lake Baringo. We can move that to other regions as well such as Narok or Garissa counties. The argument that I would like us to have is, how well we ensure that we send this money that we have allocated---"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Abdul Haji",
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"content": " Sen. Olekina, you will have a balance of seven minutes when debate on this Bill returns on the floor of the House."
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