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    "content": "and charities? Just count and keep a template. How can he be dropping Kshs100,000 here and Kshs200,000 somewhere else? The other day, I was in a Harambee for a small church and in the middle, somebody called the Governor and said that they had been sent money. They did not say where the money was coming from. At least, I give a cheque from my account where my salary goes and I can account for the money. This money can be put into good use. The 60 per cent is too high. I do not think that there is any Government that can afford that. However, we can afford between 40 and 45 per cent. It will be incumbent upon all county governments to rationalize and tell us whether a Governor needs ten people working and knocking each other around the offices, milling up and down in the corridors purveying corruption and all manner of transactions. In fact, these people are supposed to be helping the counties. Most of them are just brokers and people who have stood for elections and failed. You will find that since a person campaigned for the Governor, he is made a ward administrator. Another person who is a cousin to a cousin of the Governor who also campaigned for the Governor is also given something. This is not the devolution we were dreaming of. The devolution we were dreaming of is to get nightingales or foot soldiers walking up and down the villages to find out what people want. Governors should not be going round with sirens and kicking boda boda boys out of the roads as if they are not human beings. These are people who earn small amounts of money as a source of livelihood. They should not be spilling water on women by the road side and doing all manner of things. This obscenity and opulence must be checked. Who will check this? Senators will have to check this. You are the custodians of the interests of the counties. You are the protectors of counties. You are the protectors of devolution. You are the engineers of development arising out of devolution. It is not enough to vote for money and go back to the countryside and tell wananchi kazi yangu ni kuleta pesa ; and, that you have struggled and brought Kshs7 billion then you pocket and walk away. That is not the end of your job. We have a duty and that is why I supported Sang’s Bill. 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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