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    "content": "One Senator said that if you go to the National Security Council, there is only one person who needs an interpreter, but the rest are from one tribe. This is something that needs to be said, but with a lot of maturity because it does not just happen. If you look at how everybody came in, some of us have been members of the Cabinet, but we speak here as if we have discovered something very big. They talk as if they do not know what was happening. I think we should not listen to this kind of talk. Let us aim at looking at what we are here for. It is very true that at the time of handing over from the county councils to the new county governments, there was no proper arrangement and many things have gone wrong. It is the duty of this House, without running away from our responsibility, to be sure that what happened was right. There is no one here who can give us a report to say that in Laikipia, the county council had this amount of money or this number of employees, so that we can know whether to add or reduce. We are just quiet here and, later on, we shall say that things are going bad. We need to control the situation before it gets far. This one is getting out of hand because very soon, you will see quite a number of people being retrenched. There will be a lot of problems because many people will be sacked from employment because they are over-employed. What are we going to do? We are here to protect the county government. This means protecting the institute called the county government so that it does not fail. If the county government fails, it is the Senate which would have failed and that is a matter that we need to be concerned about. I believe and I know we are very concerned about what we are doing here. We need to wake up a little bit. Look at our Committees, we are quite new. We have to establish a new life in this Senate. We have to establish new methods without copying what was there in the National Assembly. We should have our own rules and regulations and see this country the way we think is better and not through any other person. If you look at our Committees now, maybe only one or two have reported something here, but quite a number have not. The moment a chair comes here to give a reply, he has not cleared with the Committee Members. We also hear it here also just like anybody else here. He or she needs to report to the Committee that such a question has come and the Members have to give their input. Another issue is that if someone drafts a Bill, I am sorry I am diverting from the normal thing, since we are in charge of the county government, we should promote their development. I think we should consider ourselves important in terms of these issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senate has to think again and we draw quite a lot from your wisdom. I think you are sitting on a very serious seat. I am sure history will judge you that we came in and did nothing, but complained. This House should not be a complaining House. Are we Members of a Lower House to keep on asking questions? We are here to create situations and to look forward and see beyond this House and beyond the National Assembly. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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