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    "content": "They would tell you that you are misguided and we are not going to give you the votes if that is the way you are behaving. There is one particular election where I made a very big mistake and it was against my better judgement. My group of campaigners insisted that we go to a church. Since the election was taking place in December, we went to that church on Christmas day. As soon as I stepped in, they said: “The candidate is here. He has come on the right day because the roof of the church is coming down. Now we know that a new roof will be provided today and not tomorrow. The Lord is with us.” When I said that I would do something about the roof, the priest stood up and said: “Look at my robes. They are torn and I cannot preside over Holy Communion on them.” I decided to give something small. Then the Mother’s Union said that they were travelling to Kampala. Nikatoa kitu kidogo . Then, the youth in the church also said that they had a project. I decided that if that is what one had to do to win an election, so be it. But the worst thing was now when I went outside the church. The members of the congregation now told me: “Now we want ours. What you gave in there is for the priest and the leadership of the church. We never get whatever they receive.” I could not manage that crowd. As I drove out of that church compound, they were shouting: “Orengo, you are not going to get that seat again.” I really regretted having gone to that church on Christmas Day, yet it was the most natural thing to do on such a day. I hope that this Bill will bring this culture to an end. Thanks to Professor if that day will come. Even now, as my leader said, the devolved systems should work and do what is required of them; to carry out development, instead of going to meetings and everybody is paraded and wants to know what the other is carrying. There is a lot of money within this system. Part of the NARC revolution, and I thank Professor again with the people that he served with in that Government - It was suddenly realized that there was a lot of money in this country. The President announced that we were going to have primary education and it came. People were wondering if it was ever going to happen. They bought into the idea and children went to school. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) idea came when President Moi was still in Government and it looked impossible. But, again, it was found that it was quite possible to give those devolved funds. I really believe that with a fair system of taxation and plan to carry out development projects in the country, we should be able to build schools, hospitals and even entertainment places. In the colonial days, they were not just building structures all over, but even entertainment utilities were built, including Pumwani Social Hall and Kisumu Municipal Hall. Stadia were built and then suddenly, we went through a period where you could only be a leader if you were carrying a bag of money with you. That culture was almost catching up with us. I believe that the country still has sense. I know that there people like Prof. Lesan over there. Whenever you read 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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