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    "content": "things. I want us, in our Mombasa meeting, to have a closed session and talk candidly with each other with our brothers, the governors so that we can also bring ourselves to order. This will also ensure that we do not continue shouting at each other and speaking at each other instead of speaking with each other. Lastly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to encourage Senators that once this Bill is assented to and it becomes law, for heavens’ sake, do not start running these boards by proxy; constantly giving excuses and asking somebody else to chair them. That will be very wrong. Do not also, as distinguished Senators, go to those boards as if you are bosses because you are not. We are going there to sit with elected representatives in the counties to do things right. We want to make sure there is equity in development, fairness in the allocation of resources and accountability in our counties. I know that one of the issues which are being raised out there is that Senators are over-sighting counties. We need to allay those fears. How do we go there, sit in those boards and then come back to oversight? I see no conflict at all because when you sit in those boards, all you need to do is to go to Narok, for example, sit with the Governor and designated officers and agree on what development projects to be implemented. We only need to say: “There shall be a road to Mulot and another one to Sekenani.” There shall be a bridge on Sand River and so on. There shall be reforestation of Mau Forest if you come from those counties that house this forest and then you leave them to do the rest. That does not create any conflict. You can still go back later and ask them “how did you spend this money?” and “Account for this money.” There is no Senator who will be an implementer or a budgeting agent of any county. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we want to allay fears among the Governors that we are not creating any positions of conflict in the management of the boards. All we are doing is to tell the distinguished Senator for Baringo County, for example, there must be some projects to benefit the Njemps community. All we are doing is to tell the distinguished Senator for Kiambu County that there is a place called Ruthigiti that looks like Kenya in the 1940s, when there is total opulence in the other side of Kiambu; go and help them. We are not asking them to go to dig trenches and put water. These are the contradictions in this country. When you look at Kiambu, everybody talks of Kiambu as one of the most developed counties. I have friends from a place called Ruthigiti; when you go there, you feel embarrassed that it is in Kenya and, more so, in Kiambu. A county that has produced two Presidents has a place where people live like they are in the Stone Age. It is a shame. I have been there many times because I have friends who come from there, and they live very badly. I can see the distinguished Senator is agreeing with me. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the distinguished Senator for Nandi County, young Sen. Sang, for the industry he put in this; for bringing a good Bill to the House, for arguing eloquently this afternoon and for coming of age. You have really done well and we salute you. Keep it up. Keep off from the bad company of hecklers and you will go places. 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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