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    "content": "Senator. He has been appreciated by members of the public as having been a people’s person amongst all the six people elected on the ballot during the elections. Madam Temporary Speaker, if amongst all the six there is one who has related well to the aspirations and wishes of the people at grassroots level, it is the Senator. As I support this Motion, I propose that we inject extra thoughts into it. However, let us not just take these sittings to the county to be seen that we have gone to the counties and once we leave that particular county, the people there will be saying: “The Senators were not just here, but they sat, debated, and brought this effect. These are the changes and differences that were occasioned by the sitting of the Senate in this county.” As we do that, it becomes a continuous arrangement. In future, it will not be a question of debate, seeking leave of the House, permission or discussing that we will be going to the people who already sent us here. It will be automatic and known that people expect us to act where they have issues that governors cannot deal with. If there is one office that Kenyans have a problem with, it is the governor’s. Most governors, while having first posed as servants of the people, have become tyrants of the people. If you go to a governor’s office, you find queues. It is the choice of somebody who was elected whom they are going to see. Secondly, there is the issue of making members of the public to come and invest their money in county governments. If you do not have what you have to pay to Caesar - 10 per cent - you cannot get any work. It is on record that most governors have become billionaires within the first six months of election. We have seen it in the media. There are media claims that there are governors who have even purchased yachts. Some have purchased palaces. Others have purchased big storey buildings within the first six months of elections. One would be asking: Where is the Senate’s voice in most of these things? Why should we fight here to allocate Kshs314 billion to the counties within six months, only to find that a quarter of that money is stolen within the first year? Those must be the compelling reasons that will drive this House to the grassroots. I beg to support."
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