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    "content": "governors is really a misrepresentation of facts. We have nothing against any governor or county assembly. Of course, as the Senate, we have everything against the mismanagement of public funds and the excesses as exhibited by the spending culture of various governors and county assemblies. As a Senate, we have everything against the violation and breaching of any constitutional provisions, whether by an individual, state organ, county assembly or any other level of government, even the national Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, I want to state that even as we execute this mandate very passionately, because we are protecting public funds, we cannot excuse ourselves from making reference to the two levels of government because we know very well that at the promulgation of the new Constitution, the system of governance in this country shifted from a centralized system of governance to a devolved system. But there is an interrelated platform about which the Senate stands as the bridge between the national Government and the county governments. Even as we interrogate the excesses of the county governments, it cannot escape our attention to, once in a while, relate the excesses of the county governments to the excesses or breaches of the Constitution by the national Government. For example, when we consider the issue of the standard gauge railway line where we have been presented with a figure that is double what was originally presented in a period of just a few months---. If you have anybody interrogate this matter, that a private company will come here and present to us a bill of Kshs200 billion and then about three or four months later, present to us a bill of Kshs427 billion, you ask yourself, as a citizen, what extreme factors were considered to change this figure from Kshs200 billion to Kshs427 billion? With those remarks, I support the Motion before us."
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