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    "content": "our governance structure, counties have a spectacular opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency, economy and prudency of a lean and mean Government that is thrifty and based on performance and not opulence and extravagance. They need few people with reasonable pay and to do away with numerous allowances. In fact, it worries me that people have a salary and allowances. Just consolidate everything. They should just be paid a salary. I know this is unpopular but I keep asking myself why I should be paid Kshs5,000 for sitting in the Senate this afternoon. Honestly, why? I am a Senator for Tharaka-Nithi and Majority Leader, I have a salary. Why should I again when I appear in the Chamber be paid Kshs5,000? I am talking about my situation as a Senator because it does not raise conflict of interest issues in the sense that I am talking with a view to see how we can be in the forefront of managing recurrent costs. Suffice it to say, the wastage that is happening in our Government today is mind boggling. This is evidenced by the reports from the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget. A county gets Kshs4 billion in a year and spends Kshs2.5 billion paying salaries and the remaining Kshs1.5 billion, half of it, that is, Kshs750 million on allowances, trips and “benchmarking”. This is the new vogue. They say that they have gone to see where Jesus Christ was born. I am a Christian and I would like to go for a pilgrimage in Jerusalem and Nazareth or Galilee. But if I want to go there, I must look for my personal money, save my salary or other income and go for a pilgrimage at my expense and not the taxpayers. The newest threat and intimidation is coming from Members of County Assemblies (MCAs), and I have already received some comments from some of them who are saying that I should stop being too hard on MCAs. I want to be on record by saying that MCAs must stop squandering public finances. There is no connection between where Jesus Christ was born and devolution. In today’s age of internet and digitization of information, you do not have to go to South Africa to understand how their parliamentary system works. You do not have to travel. Just log into the internet;"
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