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    "content": "the interests of the counties and their governments. This is one way we could have shown our concern for the pension of county governments’ executives and the workers. Madam Temporary Speaker, once more, I laud the work done by the Committee led by the Speaker and other very senior Members of this House. Some of them have opted to go and run the counties as governors. There is only one thing that I would like to ask for from my colleagues who have opted to run for governorship and I wish them well. When they get the position, I would like them to take leadership of county governments to the next level. We have documented reports of loss of colossal amounts of money as a result of poor management by Kenyans who were voted in as governors in this country. I know that those who have sat here in the Senate are well-versed individuals. These are individuals who have shown their love for this country while they sat in this House. When they go out there, they should take the running of county governments to the next level, so that we can truly convince Kenyans that devolution was the best for this country. We will be proud to have been the first Senators to sit in this Senate, babysit the county governments and nurture them until they crawl. Now we want them to stand up and run and serve this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, my colleagues who will come back to this House should continue with the same spirit that we have exercised in the past four years. One of the key things I believe they will do is to initiate and push forward to make this House the “Upper” House. I am sure they are well-versed on what they need to do. We need a referendum in this country so that the Constitution is amended to make this House the “Upper” House in order to reduce the bureaucracy and red tape involved in processes and also reduce the expenses in terms of time wasted and benchmarking all over the country in order to show how to run the devolved governments. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, I have been very fortunate to have sat in this House for the past four years and I have learnt a lot. I am not one of those who will come back to this House again. As a professor, I will go back to the terraces and watch the politics in this country as I continue to profess in my field of medicine. Madam Temporary Speaker, with that, I wish this House the very best. I also wish the country a very peaceful and decisive election. I hope that there will be no doubt in the minds of Kenyans who will participate in the coming elections. May God bless Kenya. I thank you."
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