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    "content": "assembly members and get into an understanding of what is practicable and possible, rather than to condemn them. Recently, I talked to one of the ward representatives in my county. We did some arithmetic. He said that if he was paid Kshs61,000 and had to spent money for transport, eat lunch while he is there, at the end, what he would take to his family would be Kshs14,000. This is not enough money to pay school fees and to plough the farm. The expenses he leaves at home to go to the assembly are not being taken care of. While talking about these figures, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission should look very critically at the lives of the people at the county assemblies just as much as they should do to Parliamentarians. I believe that rather than give in to this populist culture that is emerging in Kenya, when it comes to people elected to serve, they serve for purely selfish interest. To me, this is not the case. We did not. We make sacrifices for this nation, so that it can move forward. At the point when the nation is taking off and a fellow somewhere is abusing us, this is not being courteous, especially when it is directed to somebody of my age. It is not fair for somebody who does not appreciate the history of this country and where we have brought these institutions to start abusing their representatives. This is not very fair. Instead, we should build them. I beg to support."
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