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    "content": "Auditor-General are all vetted by the National Assembly. During the Committee Stage, we should introduce amendments to clarify the order in the following manner: the President, Deputy President, Chief Justice, Speaker of a House of Parliament, Senator, Governor, Member of the National Assembly, Cabinet Secretary, Attorney-General, Auditor-General, Speaker of a County Assembly and lastly, Members of County Assemblies. This puts order in the way that the Constitution was written. As I said, it is the people of Kenya who elected us and gave us our offices. The rest of us should just follow. The rest of us, as Sen. Murungi said, should always remember that we chose these positions in a humble position and not in a way to show ourselves around. Some people have adopted the “one-man” show. The County Executive Officers, the “Ministers” have been doing nothing. In some areas, we have Governors who are very humble. This Bill is not intended to terrorise people. When went to Kwale County, there were some Governors there who were looking at Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale with very strange eyes. They wanted the meeting to be dissolved because they did not want to sit with Senators. Another one was complaining that Senators wanted to get rid of the flags being used by Governors and yet they have not had them for long. I heard him saying; “How can you get rid of the flags that were just given to us the other day? We have not even tasted them?” How do you taste a flag? Sen. Murungi, how many years did you fly a flag? Sen. G.G. Kariuki, how many years did you fly a flag? Is it from 1960 something? Sen. Obure has been flying a flag since 1978. There would be a lot of contention if we said that we are looking for superiority to become giants in the villages. Any elective position, in the context of the new Constitution, was about servanthood. You are supposed to serve with humility and deliver the results. I saw Sen. Lesuuda crying with mothers who had been affected by cattle rustling. I know that some people out there were imagining that she wanted to become the next Governor. I like going home to the village, not because I am the Senator but because I love it. I went to school and I want my people to go to school too. Some people have started saying that the Senator has just realized that it is feels better for one to be a Governor and that is why he is always at home. That is an erroneous belief. All those people who have been thinking along those lines should close their eyes so that we pray for them. How can one imagine, when we are supposed to be putting our heads together, working towards one goal, that we will not go to our counties? I would not like to see Sen. Obure here throughout. He is supposed to go to the county once in a while and see how his people are doing. He has already fought for the resources from here. He has also, probably, met investors who may be willing to invest there. He should go back and see how his county assembly is working with the executive because there are also wars there. Some county Governments have been completely overshadowed because the Governors have completely put them in their pockets. The assemblies cannot carry out their oversight role and they are completely paralysed. We must put sense into them. Whenever I go home, people should not be waking up to say that the Senator has arrived. All of us were very simple last year. However, we have suddenly become excessively abnormal even in our homes."
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