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    "content": "it. I sometimes listen to public officers talking about devolution or county governments as units, these are not units, they are governments. Kenya is divided into two governments, the national Government and the County Governments. Each one of them has distinct roles in this country. So, each one must work harmoniously with each other and one must not undermine the other. We will make sure that this is achieved for the betterment of this country. This House is the guarantor of the Constitution and devolution. If we do not do that, then we do not know our jobs. I am not one of those people who do not know their job. I worked very hard for devolution in Bomas and in Parliament because of the many problems that we had due to centralization of power and resources. If you are not careful, we were almost there because Kenya was going to say that if people entrusted with power can centralize it and marginalize others--- Marginalization is not a word created by us, but by the Constitution because it was a problem for this country. We were going to go to war. This Constitution is a new roadmap that is building a new foundation for this country. We would rather respect it, defend it and effect it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me just talk about one or two things before my time elapses. I want to talk about the wage bill. I heard the President say that the wage bill is unsustainable. Of course, at the level of our taxes, it is unsustainable. But if you talk about unsustainability of the wage bill, you are not getting the problem. You are going to employ new teachers and that will add to that wage bill which is unsustainable. You will just have to employ new teachers because we do not have them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator from – his name is so difficult to pronounce – Sen. Lonyanga---I do not seem to get his name right. But he is my friend. He talked of teachers and he had facts---"
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