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    "content": "It will also remove some of these prototypes where we are saying that the person with the longest queue of vehicles whenever there is a function is the one who is very important. I thought even the Bible says that the one who is least should be the one who is recognized most. What are we trying to show? I read in the newspapers that in Migori County the other day there was going to be a fundraising and one hundred vehicles were on the trail of one Governor because he had arrived. Now were the vehicles going for the fundraising? I thought it was the people going for the fundraising. We need to account for this. I know everybody can tell us what has happened in their counties. I do not want to name them. In Nyamira County, my brother here was talking about banana farming. Is there something that has happened there? I do not know because I only had the privilege to visit Nandi County. The only thing they were saying was that their Senator was very tiny, whereas there is no office which is tiny. It does not matter who is sitting in that office. We should see how things can move. We already have sufficient work when we are here, but when we are debating on issues touching on our counties, we need to know what is happening in the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our counties have now turned into employment bureaus. The newspapers are enjoying because there are a lot of employment advertisements as though we did not have people who were working before. What are we trying to advertise? What was the meaning of the Constitution when it talked about devolution so that development can go to the grassroots level? What is devolving now is employment. Before I retired as a Permanent Secretary, we had sent a county roads officer, county public service officer, county agricultural officer and county livestock officer to every county. I expected that before advertising jobs, the Transition Authority (TA) together with the Governors and national Government would have said: “Wait a minute. Who do we have on the ground? This money has come; how much do we want to spend?” We wanted to spend about 60 per cent to 70 per cent on development in the counties. Instead, we are spending almost 70 per cent on salaries. We were running away from problems in the centralized system, where we were spending a lot on salaries. But now we have made it worse in the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with that scenario, it will be very difficult to see action on the ground. Personally, as the Senator for West Pokot, I would want to see roads and other things being done. But look at the county integrated development plans that we have just talked about. I looked at our county and we had about Kshs20 million set aside for tourism. Our county has attractive sceneries, hills and valleys. The biggest elephant in the world is also found in that country. Can Kshs20 million advertise that elephant? If I was called to sit in that board that came up with the budget, it would have been very easy. We want to see how we can link up the integrated development plans of all the neighbouring counties. For example, there is a tarmac hanging in the middle of Marakwet. We do not know where it came from and where it is going. When will it be joined to another one, so that we can enjoy using it? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to support this Bill and tell our colleagues and friends that we chose to vie as servants. I was telling someone that a whole Professor The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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