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    "content": "We did it because we wanted resources to flow to all corners of Kenya. Devolution was not about creating “big men.” It was about empowering our people on the ground. We are going to fight this whether that will mean that we do not like other people or not, but we will do it for the sake of law and order. This Bill intends to create law and order in public functions. Those of you who have attended public functions will agree with me that there is a lot of confusion with regard to who will speak first or last in public functions. There is also confusion with regard to who will sit where. In fact, in the Kirinyaga County, during the just ended Mashujaa Day, there were two parallel functions. One led by the Senator in one corner and another one led by the Governor in another corner. In the Bomet County, there were again two functions, one led by the Governor and the other one led by the county commissioner. We want, once and for all, to bring order into this so that people will come before the public knowing that they are servants of the members of the public. I am proposing that we debate this issue because it is not cast in stone. I suggest that the highest ranking officer of the Republic should be the President of the Republic of Kenya followed by the Deputy President, the Chief Justice and followed by the Speaker of either of the Houses who may be present. One may ask why we are putting the President above the Chief Justice and the Speakers. This is because, once elected, the deputy is both the heir, apparent to the President and the heir presumably, to the extent that as the Americans put it, he is a heartbeat away from the presidency. God forbid if the heart beat of the incumbent President stopped, then this man automatically becomes President without being referred to the people for election. To that extent in recognition, we should see him as enjoying a notch---"
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