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    "content": "devolution, it is wrong and dangerous to allow corrupt characters in Nairobi at the national Government level to mastermind procurements and force them on county governments then turn around and say that a specific governor is bad because he resisted compliance with the Constitution. I urge this House that if we truly have to live to the bill of defenders and protectors of counties and their governments, then we must learn to follow the boundaries set out in the Constitution; that the two levels of government are distinct and inter-dependent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I will be the last man to stand in this House and encourage an encroachment of the authority, power and independence of county governments. There may be bad governors and corruption but we all know how the national Government was threatening and arm twisting governors to force them to sign for this equipment long after procurement and delivery. After commissions have been creamed off and eaten, then they say, now you must sign to this. The President has said that his Government is choking with corruption. As I said the other day, President Robert Mugabe who people do not quote much said, “People in Kenya are such thieves that the only thing they cannot steal is the sun because they do not know where to hide it”. The Jubilee Government must wake up and stop these corrupt transactions. County governments have their needs."
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