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    "content": "I rise to support this Bill. The work and service by the Provincial Administration cannot be under estimated in this country. I may wish to say in support of this Bill that let nobody try to think that the system that has been set in this country is really a colonial system. The issue of some people who mentioned in this Bill was actually a tradition of the Africans. The Africans in their communities have always had somebody called him a chief or whatever, who has always co-ordinated the affairs and dealt with matters beyond the legal system that we are aware of. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I find this Bill essential. Again, the President will go round this country looking for votes. When the people of Kenya elect the President, they put their destiny in that particular office. Therefore, the President must be empowered and must have a way of communicating all the way down. He will be able to carry out the law and duty, which will have been put upon him by the people of Kenya. Therefore, I feel that this Bill is actually ensures that the President has a linkage down to the people of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are going to county government. I must caution this House that let us not create governors who can turn out to be county chieftains, that everybody feels he is in his County and we balkanize this country even further. We need a system that will operate beyond these units. I believe this Bill will create that kind of system. We have these people already in the Government, chiefs, assistant chiefs and all other officers. It is actually a sin that people who have served this country get peanuts. A chief gets Kshs14,000. A chief does not even get what you call an allowance for the risk his takes when he is called at night to go and apprehend some burglar or settle some matrimonial disputes and somebody is holding some weapon. He wakes up and goes there. Therefore, these people need to be appreciated and left in their positions. I actually support this Bill for that kind of reason. The other thing is that as we go to county governments, we must know that governors will be political people. They will be elected politically. Therefore, when you are a politician, you do not tell us that you will be very friendly to people who opposed you. Some of us take them as enemies. Therefore, we must have a way in which these people can be listened to."
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