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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have often quoted the Bible; in Mark 9.35, Jesus said that whosoever wants to be great must humble himself like a small child. That is the only way we can be able to serve this nation with a measure of humility. Permit me to say this without really disrespecting the Rev. Mutava Musyimi: He is a Reverend who actually preaches the gospel. The same gospel I have quoted in Mark 9.35 is the same one that Rev. Mutava Musyimi preached. In fact, it is the same one that he used to call people to the altar telling them: “Come yee to Jesus and be meek”. I was so saddened to see how politics has changed the good Reverend to the extent that he has become what he has become. I want to remind him that in Revelation, the Bible says: “Come back to your first love”. He should come back to his past ways; the Reverend he was. Such an institution being chaired by such a person requires humility because there is a lot of power bestowed on him and the Committee. He requires a certain level of humility so that we can serve this nation with honour. When we become faithful to the letter, we can be elevated to greater things. This is why in this House you see great men; people who have been Ministers for many years like Sen. Obure who is sitting there with a lot of humility advising some of us; there is Sen. Wako who has been an Attorney- General for a long time; he is sitting here with a lot of humility. That lesson should permeate to other institutions; that it is important that we have this kind of humility if we want to take this nation forward. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to tire the House with a lot of stories, but I want to conclude by saying that this House must not just pronounce itself here. Our pronouncement is an affirmation that we believe in the Constitution. It is an affirmation that we believe in constitutional order. It is an affirmation that we believe in the funding of the counties. There is no better way to demonstrate that than to show here that this"
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