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    "content": "Instead of building hospitals and good schools, you steal their money and take to them lunch boxes from their own money. Shame on you! All of us here are printing cards bearing our photos and sending them to high schools and primary schools to wish them success. A parent has been feeding his child for 14 years and you now come and feed him with a portion of an apple and maharagwe to show the magnanimity, as a politician, during the time of examinations. We must now protect these institutions. Sorry for diverting, but they are interrelated because we are settings standards and thresholds. We are trying to mitigate discretion and have wisdom into our politics and remove the peasant mentality, where people think that a leader is a person who takes care of their basic needs. We have had harambees in this nation. If harambees could build a nation, this country would not have problems today. We bastardised our own slogan ‘ Harambee’ and made it appear like it is fundraising. As much as African philanthropy is about helping one another, the abuse of that notion of African philanthropy has led this country to a desperate need because leadership is not about quality; it is about what you give. I want to thank the Senator for Makueni County for this extraordinary wisdom. In particular, I make reference to the New Clause 14 which says that when the Commission does not recommend the suspension of a county government or the President is not satisfied that justifiable grounds exist for suspension of a county, the Senate may consider any other recommendations of the Commission relating to whether or not the county should be suspended. It gives us discretion as the defenders of devolution and the expression of the popular will and as a collegiate to speak to this report and not allow political and whatever other considerations. It is not an act of magnanimity; it must be a due process. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as devolution evolves, we must continue to cure the gaps and bear the policy and direction for this country. The Senate must distinguish its role. It is likely that I will not be in the next Senate, but we must allow enough material for the next Senate to discharge its functions with distinction. That is why I shall support any recommendation to make this not only the apex House, but the House of veto against any other house in this country because we need a House of 47 wise men and women who can provide direction to this country on all matters that require direction and---"
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