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    "content": "for the third time. This is because of delivery; it is not because of just selling rhetoric and empty promises. Hon. Speaker, Sir, let me now go to the substantive issue of this afternoon. Our President gave a very wonderful address, which is a road map. In fact, in Hebrew, it is called “ kadima”. He has given us a road map of policies, especially the nine pillars that will transform this country’s economy from the agrarian economy that we have now to an industrial economy. From then we should move to knowledge economy, where most pastoral countries are. So, I want to say that the President is a serious man. I worked with him in the last Parliament. I worked with the Deputy President as his deputy in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, and I want to confirm to the House that these are leaders who will work for this country beyond the call of duty. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the President for confirming that devolution will be the main policy that he will implement but I want us to harmonise the territorial issue that we have between the Governors and the County Commissioners. It should be addressed, as a matter of concern. I congratulate him for mentioning about the laptop computers because while he was in charge of the Ministry of Finance, he actually implemented devolution. We have quite a number of projects in our constituencies that were actually the product of hon. Uhuru Kenyatta’s leadership. Leading a country does not require rocket science or nuclear physics. It requires serious leadership that is prepared to get things done; a leadership that is competent and dedicated, and which is manned by people who are ready to work. I am happy that we are going to vet these people. Kenyans are going to learn from the vetting, especially by those we elected today; that when you start with corruption you will never get to a big office. So, it is now over to you Leader of the Majority Party. Let us make sure that all the Cabinet Secretaries and the Principal Secretaries are well vetted. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have many issues to speak on but let me, first, talk about the issue of remuneration. Salaries all over the world can never be on a downward trajectory. They are always on an upward trajectory unless you are in a failed state like Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria. Since Kenya has a stable economy, let us not joke about performance. Let us pay Members of Parliament very well, so that they can deliver up to midnight, just the way we delivered in the last Parliament. Looking at the current remuneration package for Members of Parliament, one realises that the members of staff of this Assembly have better terms than parliamentarians. We want them to have those better terms but we want parliamentarians to be given their rightful share as enshrined in the Constitution and as recommended by the Akiwumi Commission and the Cocker Commission."
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