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    "content": "If a Governor wanted to be a hero in the eyes of the people of Kenya, just buy a small car. You are in the village; some pick-up can do so long as you have some clearance; use that car to go around and see how the peasant farmers are doing; visit health centres and the people will appreciate. But to come here and tell us that you are a symbol of authority; to tell us that you have to be seen as being in authority and in charge, therefore, you must have five Toyota Prado’s, some in front, others behind with a siren in a rural town! I am not ashamed to say as a leader in this country that we will fight recurrent expenditure in the county governments as well as in the National Government at whatever cost. The only sirens we want to hear in our counties are the sirens of ambulances going to rescue a patient; not the siren of some functionary here simply because he wants to attract attention. If they think we will be intimidated, let them be aware that we are in this thing for the long haul, for better or for worse. We must rescue our country from predatory attributes and behaviour where people see the public sector as an opportunity to make money. If you want to make money, go and become the Chief Executive Officer of Coca Cola; go and join the City Group; do not come to be a Senator, a Governor or an MCA! In fact, the word that the Constitution uses is that you are a “public servant.” Some people want to threaten us here and they are saying “O, we will go to court because you have removed our flag! “Shame on you! Shame on you!”"
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