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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, it is possible to give greater allocation on development. It is possible to even have 70 per cent of the money go to development. It must be borne in our minds and Sen. Kajwang will tell you, that the money that he used to manage under CDF; about 97.5 per cent was going to development, manned by few staff . With technology, you do not have to employ so many people. It is possible to avoid a situation where you employ five secretaries because you can have your computer and you work. In fact, a friend of mine told me the other day that he does not know how to utilize the Secretary, except to receive people to his office. This is because he is capable of working on his laptop. We need to do away with this mentality in this county that Government exists to employ people. The Government cannot continue putting a lot of money on the wage bill even at the county level because if the Government becomes fat, the people will be lean. We must ensure that the Government is as lean as possible so that the people of Kenya can be fat and so that the people of Kenya can get good roads and so that the people of Kenya can be supplied with water, so that the people of Kenya can get better agricultural services, invest in factories and attract investors. It is possible that our counties can have less allocation on recurrent expenditure. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you see what is happening in the counties, you can get shocked. You have a lot of money and a Governor going to launch a project of Kshs2 million, but during the launch of the project, they use Kshs500,000 to organize the launching of that project. They hire tents, public address system and invite people to clap for them. This is not acceptable. Indeed, the people who are hired are the same suspects. The same people who used to be hired at the national level have now decentralized. One person getting the same profit goes to run a shoddy job in 47 counties. There must be a difference in the manner in which we run our counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have also witnessed that in our counties the process of hiring people is shrouded in mystery. There are people who are working for the Governor alone. People who are basically hang-ons around the Governor are given various jobs within the county to increase the wage bill on the county, in the name of political adviser and economic adviser, where they have also a county executive committee member in charge of economics. There is also a chief of staff and personal assistant. If you read Article 174 of the Constitution, it says that the devolved government is the government of the people at the local level. But we are creating an imperial The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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