Is mt kenya marginalised? From that sentiment does it mean bbi only helps mt kenya region
By definition marginalisation is treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral.
His region gets less funds per person since they are considered to be well off, I can give you an example, a factory worker in Athi river, machakos county earning 18k is considered richer than a pastoralist in Marsabit County who owns 200 camels, 400 heads of cattle, and 3000 goats/sheep. While his salary and spending is taxed and goes directly to the consolidated fund which shall be shared by all counties in the republic, the pastoralist on the other hand only pays market cess(rarely) when he sells his livestock 50 bob for a goat, a 100 for a cattle and 200 for the camel which is retained by his county.
When it comes to gains from the state funding: the pastoralist gets the cream. His ward has 24 thousand residents, to the factory workers 84 thousands, the pastoralist get an additional equalisation fund up and above that of the factory worker; this is because the factory worker lives in a 'rich' county with tarmac, piped water, and electricity.
Bursary allocation in Athi river is 5000 from the county and 7000 from NG-CDF, while the pastoralist gets 15,000 from the county and 24 thousand from the NG-CDF.
According to you, who is being marginalized by the current system? And who is more 'richer' than the other? We all live in a poor country, yet some are considered more deserving beneficiaries from the national financial kitty than others.
The only negative thing about BBI is the proposal to add more people to the executive, people who think Kenyans pay taxes so that they can spend money hiring choppers and getting car grants.