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    "content": "Meru County and I knew what I was coming for. The literal meaning, for purposes of understanding the term “ nyumba ya wazee” - for anyone who probably thinks that it refers to House of the elderly; that is not what I meant. Even if that was to be for anybody that had that limitation in terms of interpretation, then I will also say, mimi ni mzee sasa . Therefore, I am in the right place. This House has the enormous task of managing the resources allocated to our counties and overseeing the management of these resources. On a daily basis, they have to try to interact and work with the mwananchi in transforming their lives because when you look at the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of this Republic on the functions of the devolved governments, matters to do with water, health and agriculture are core to the lives of the people of our country. When you look at this House, the people that get to the Senate are people that have experience from all spheres of life. These are people that have a lot of wisdom and capacity to endure any turbulence. There is a Kiswahili saying that says that “panapowazee hapaharibiki neno”. In this context, that I was trying to explain that the National Assembly could have very young vibrant people that may be carried away by emotions to the extent that in terms of managing affairs of a country, we cannot just leave the country to them and hence the Senate was the right place to address issues and those matters that required a lot of wisdom and sobriety. It is in that context that I said the Senate ninyumba ya wazee. I want to be understood in that extent."
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