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    "content": "putting in the budget, Kshs32 billion for the CDF, that fund will be available to Senators and Members of the National Assembly. We have a committee chaired ably by the distinguished Senator for Meru; we have advised him to put his best foot and his only brain forward to ensure that when the new Bill for the CDF, in compliance with the court judgement, is brought to both Houses in succession, the idea of Senators being cry babies and lamentations from the Senate must stop. We now have an opportunity to sit down with the National Assembly and agree, that, if it is Kshs32 billion, the National Assembly takes Kshs16 billion and the Senate will take Kshs.16 billion. The committee of the National Assembly will administer their money and the committee of the Senate will administer our money for the Senators to participate in the expectations of the people who elected them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have participated in this as part of the leadership of this House. Today, simple requests that---- Our colleagues in the National Assembly have the CDF and some have even bought two or three four wheel drives vehicles for their offices to do their work. If the distinguished Senator for Kisumu goes to his county, he has to keep his personal car and run from one end to the other with his governor with their sirens, a retinue of vehicles and body guards with obscenities of even transporting seats to funerals for them to sit on. The Senator has to run around in his personal car and come here and queue like a beggar to fill a form which has to be evaluated - re-evaluated and questioned - before he is given his mileage reimbursement. We asked as a leadership, that the PSC should buy at least a minimum of one four wheel drive vehicle and put it in the Senator’s constituency office for public work. The answer we got is that Mrs. Serem said that she does not understand what the Senate is all about and what it does."
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