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    "content": "This Senate has had the unenviable problem of being an oversight institution, but the modalities, mechanism and the framework has been left to imagination. I wish this Bill could be very clear on how this 1 per cent for industrialization would be oversighted. Of course, that oversight will be driven by the Senator. Where the Senator is driving the oversight, then he cannot be involved in the implementation or execution. So, we need to divorce our role as Senators from the management of the fund vis-à-vis oversighting the implementation of the fund and ensuring that true industrialization takes place in these counties. If we focus on industrialization and taking care of our human resource, in which case, I am talking about our teachers, doctors and nurses---. This country cannot go far if we disregard and look down upon the people who have shaped us to be where we are. There are some of our colleagues who have argued that teachers refused to sign performance contracts. I want to remind them that even in this Senate, there is no Senator or Member of the National Assembly who has signed a performance contract. This does not stop the State from paying us salaries in excess of Kshs1 million when teachers are just asking for a Kshs4,000 minimum increment to their salary. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, industrialization alone without looking at the human resource will not take us far. Therefore, let us industrialize, but let us also respect and treat well the people who mentor and nurture us. Let us treat our teachers, nurses and doctors much better."
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