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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this debate is so important that when I rose on a point of order, a gentleman called Mr. Steve Ndolo, quickly sent us a text message here and persuaded us that we should leave Ms. Gatuguta alone. He knows her very well that, in fact, she comes from Sultan Hamud. Therefore, Kenyans are following this debate; they are keen on these things. Mr. Chairman, I am encouraging you to make time now; go to your file and convince us as we speak. Having said that, allow me to speak to why we are where we are in the first place. We are here because the Governor and the county assembly disagreed. The Governor thought they were being corrupt and greedy and MCAs responded by saying that it is their entitlement and that, in fact, it could be the Governor who is corrupt. I want to thank the High Court for making a determination on the very reasons we are where we are today. They have ruled that the county assembly has no business in ever imagining that they can spend beyond their entitlement as provided for in the ceilings that were recommended by the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA). They have rested the matter. If patriotism would guide the people of Makueni and if patriotism can guide us, as the Senators of this Republic, we can say “there the matter has ended; let the people go back and work together because, after all they will live within the ceilings which, by the way, we have approved, as a Senate. “ I would want it to end there. But, because it cannot end there, I will be keenly following the contribution of the number one Senator of Makueni, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. If he tells me “dissolve,” I will support dissolution. Madam Temporary Speaker, sometimes when these things come up at the weekend, people get too busy; they miss out. There is a report of the Controller of Budget 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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