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    "content": "if we were supposed to have audited accounts and approve them as a Parliament or Senate, and we do not have those accounts--- We are dealing with a figure, so that we can spread propaganda that we have now contributed 43 per cent to devolution. As J.F. Kennedy said, you can fool some people all the time, but we belong to that group of people that you cannot fool all the time. So, you can go on with national plebiscites, but the basis has been created here, that this amount of revenue falls far short of what is adequate. If you have devolved some of the biggest functions that the national Government has ever had, like healthcare, why would you justify holding about 70 per cent or 80 per cent of the revenue at the national level? It is just because you want to fund some of the extravagant projects that you want to undertake before the next elections. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy that my Coalition supports the fact that it is important to move us out of that kind of state of affairs. So, I support the Kshs279 billion because it would, at least, support Mombasa to foot its wage bill. We are driven by interest here and not whether the Senate is going to be shown that it is weaker by the National Assembly. Tell them that we should go to the ground and show them who is boss or king. How can we be intimidated by people who have lopsided logic, that a person who is elected by six constituencies is junior to a person who is elected by one constituency, and you accept that these people have the right for us to negotiate with them as people who understand anything? So, I think that we need to show audacity. Time is running out; one year is gone. Every day is one day closer to the next election and you will be held to account. I will be in this Senate in the next term and will mourn those of you who always want to go and cut deals, compromise and dialogue. I will not. Young people voted for us because they knew that we stood for something different. They knew that it would not be politics as usual. I beat a Jubilee principal and another mzee because people wanted a differential. That differential says we are willing to stand with everybody but on this one, we will stand alone. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we raise more revenue than any other county apart from Nairobi. We will service our debts. However, we also want to tell you that if you give us less money, every person who is paid a salary by the national Government will stop earning a salary until we readjust the anomaly. We have the Ministry that can do that. We will only pay those we have employed. We will create a crisis so that we can resolve the problem. This country only resolves issues when there are crisis. So, therefore, I am asking for the readjustment of this value to Kshs279 billion. I am not asking that the money given to Kajiado County be taken to Mombasa County. I am not asking for money from Lamu County. I am only asking that we all get some good money. Some of you will get more money than you need and some of us will, at least, pay their wages. We cannot have a county that is an employment bureau. We want counties that can demonstrate, after five years that they delivered on a developmental agenda. There are many national assets down there. There are Governments which put in money to ensure that those facilities run. The pressure of running the port is borne by Mombasa County. Right now, we have rains which are ripping our roads apart. There are people who are propagandists. 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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