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    "content": "We are talking of thousands of people and a national Government that has to be sensitive to every Kenyan. I know that the President has always said that he believes in the lives of Kenyans and is there to support them. He is willing to ensure that Kenya is prosperous. To be prosperous, we must ensure that our human resource or manpower is our first goal. Countries like Asia and China are thriving because of the human resource that they take care of. Madam Temporary Speaker, we know that we are facing a challenge of jobs. Therefore, it is not right for the governors to continue advertising jobs when we have Kenyans serving in the same positions. It is important to tell governors that much as they would wish to employ their cronies and political friends, they should not forget that these are Kenyans and they contribute to the revenue of those counties and develop them. So, we should not continue with the attitude of forgetting that all of us are one. It does not matter whether I am brown, white or an albino. I am a Kenyan. This is my country. I have a right to live and work in any part of the country. That is what the Constitution says. If we are not careful, we will have counties with worse ethnic issues than we thought. This is because the governors are trying to tell Kenyans that it is a must that they just employ people from their tribes, yet the Constitution says very clearly that 70 per cent of the employees will come from the county and 30 per cent from other counties, so that we can embrace the unity of our people and country. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are moving from understanding what devolution is and entering into a very dangerous area, where we think that devolution is just my people or tribe. Therefore, anyone else, even those who lived in those counties, but are not of that tribe, are not allowed to share. That is what is happening in the counties."
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