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    "content": "especially the unique allocation in the Constitution to counties to build what is called village polytechnics or local polytechnics.That money is now given as a grant for that specific purpose. There are also resources that come from donor communities and fuel levy. All these resources are meant to assist our counties to move forward. When moving the other Motion earlier, I said that it is exceedingly embarrassing that the minority side has boycotted a very important debate that is about resources going to their own counties on extremely flimsy grounds. Their reasons for doing so cannot be justified in law or in their constitutional responsibility as legislators; they abdicated a very important debate. There can be no other greater abdication of duty than a Member of Parliament being dictated by another person outside there, who has not been elected by anybody, to forfeit that very important responsibility that will develop their county. Yesterday, Sen. Haji reminded me that we must take this business seriously because most of the staff in the counties are not receiving their resources. Most counties want to buy medicine or even employ nurses on contractual basis as the problem with the other nurses is being solved. Somebody on the other side tells me that they have been elected to do that job but cannot do it because someone else, who is not a member of the Senate, has grievances on an election that is not related to being a Senator. That person is dictating them to forfeit their responsibility. That is irresponsible. We all came here last week and took oath where the Deputy Speaker has just taken his oath this afternoon. We said that we will defend the Constitution and serve everybody who comes before us. It is extremely shameful that the minority side would run away. Luckily, the people of Kenya had foreseen a possibility of such recklessness and elected more Senators from the Jubilee side to serve in this House. Delegations from 28 counties are represented in this House. To pass---"
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