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    "content": "County to go and check a billboard showing that you are now entering Nandi County which can cost Kshs1 million, cost Kshs27 million. All these things are a catalogue. I want to urge this House now more than ever before, in unison and in a bipartisan manner, to stand and defend the integrity of this House, the future of this House and in the process, you will be defending devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I finish, I would like to say that some of our governors out there think they want to have responsibility without accountability. That is not possible in a democracy. Responsibility carries accountability. You give them public funds but when you want to oversight them, they behave like rogue buffaloes, like we saw the Governor of Murang’a County. Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o sometimes uses hard language but he never insults people. I think we all know this. Those of you who studied humanities must have been students of, or read books written by Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o. This rogue governor comes and throws his little weight around the room. In the animal kingdom, the most decent and polite animal is the elephant and yet it is the largest. When you find some paper tigers roaring around and telling everybody who they are; it is a sad day for this country. We must stand up to be counted, we must act in unison and as our Speaker, you must take the lead. You have a duty to face the executive and tell them the Senate is not a rubber stamp, the Senate is not a nuisance, the Senate is not an appendage and the Senate is an institution that is here to stay because the people of Kenya believe in the Senate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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