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    "content": "completely disagree with the Senate Minority Leader. What he said here was very general; clear evidence that he had not even read this particular Speech. Our challenge to him, being an eminent lawyer and former Minister, is to go and read this Statement again, and when he comes here again, I know that he will have different views from what he has expressed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me, first of, all to thank my people of Meru for electing me to this august House. They gave me overwhelming support. Over 90 per cent of the votes cast for Senate candidates in Meru County were cast for Senate candidate No.5, Sen. Kiraitu Murungi. So, I sincerely thank the people of Meru. I promised them that I would make Meru great and I am very happy that through this Senate, we are going to make Meru one of the greatest counties in this country. As senators, we have to focus on our mandate. We have to distinguish ourselves from the National Assembly. The Senate Minority Leader forgot that he was no-longer in the National Assembly – we are now in the Senate and our focus is as far as possible to promote the interests of our counties; to fight for them and to pass laws which benefit them in accordance with the mandate given by Article No.96 of the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what pleases me most is the fact that President Uhuru Kenyatta said that his Government puts the devolved system of Government as the centre of the vision of his Government. This is very encouraging to us and indeed, even outside the National Assembly, he has said several times even when he met the Senators that the County Governments will get support from him."
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