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"content": "That was repeated over and over again in the radio to the extent that the corolla car wiped out Ford from the market in no time. For Kenyans to understand the importance of devolution, we need messages on radio and television that explain to Kenyans the importance of devolution, just like it happened in the southern state of the United States of America (USA). When African-Americans were freed from slavery, for quite some time, some did not realize that they were free. In fact, they were longing to go back to their masters. This is what is really happening in this country. Some people do not understand and realize that there is devolution and that more and more attention should be put to devolved government. So, we need to drum up the benefits of devolution and the reasons for devolution. If we did, we would not have heard the debate I was seeing yesterday at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) about the wage bill. We are trying to climb the tree from the top. If we had started by understanding where these fundamental changes in the Constitution can change the face of this nation economically, issues of the wage bill would become secondary. For example, one of the reasons the 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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