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    "content": "the Level 5 hospital with, obviously, a management structure that does not allow for wastage and involves the county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when money is sent to the county governments as conditional grants, there is every possibility that emergency or even wastage activities may lead to the money not going where it is supposed to. The spirit of both Houses should be better than this. We should all be thinking about the people who are suffering in the counties because of us not passing this Bill. History must record that it is not the stubbornness and unwillingness of the Senate that has caused this problem; the problem is located elsewhere. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do not just defend devolution. Devolution is the institution or change that will make this country stable. Devolution will make every Kenyan in every corner believe that they are Kenyans. This is the first time that there is some tarmac in certain parts of this country. Children are transported from schools to go and see tarmac roads. Without devolution, this would never have been possible. Throughout the last four-and- a-half years it has also become quite apparent that in addition to defending devolution, this House has played a vital role in making sure that this country does not suffer from parliamentary dictatorship. It is becoming clear to Kenyans that it is not only the executive, in running of governments, that can be dictatorial; Parliament too can be dictatorial. Therefore, it is important for Kenyans to appreciate that without the Senate a lot of things would have gone wrong. Some people would simply have decided without any reference to any other House. The role of this House is to defend both devolution and the country from parliamentary dictatorship. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank my colleagues in the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget because they have been very patient in this matter. I hope that the Members who will go for mediation will be given very clear terms of reference, so that they do not come back without some sort of success. As of my brothers in the other House, who will continue to defend a position that is indefensible, all I can say, like in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, is that such flashes as they have, I fear, do not last. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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