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    "content": "politicians but as leaders. This is because when I listen, nobody is disputing the fact that the county governments need money like yesterday or the fact that, lawfully, if certain legal instruments are not in place, the Treasury cannot disburse those monies. The issue here is very simple; whether or not there was consultation, just that. So, the two gentlemen; my former counterpart, Sen. Wetangula and my successor, the Senate Leader of Majority, Sen. Murkomen, rise up to the occasion. You can have your five minutes and talk to one another. Even the Members from the minority side who have spoken are not saying that they do not want to serve in this Committee. They are just saying that their leader was not on board. For your information, Sen. Pareno, you should clarify next time when you say your ‘principal’ has spoken; that it is the ‘principal’ of the National Super Alliance (NASA) because this House does not have Principals. We only have leaders here. However, when you say a principal of NASA we will understand because we are Kenyans. That is the first recommendation. Gentlemen, I am pleading with you to take that option for the sake of the country. The second option is a default mechanism to make sure that the business of the House is not captured by the vagaries of partisan and personal competitive politics, is to ask the owner of the Motion to proceed with his Motion in an amended form. This is because you cannot force a Member who has said they do not want to serve if their leader is not consulted, to serve. On the other hand, we do not have the luxury of time. I can assure you as we talk here this afternoon, that the entire country is watching us and listening. Let us therefore not trivialize what is happening here.Those are the two options at the discretion of the sponsor of the Motion. Either you consult if your brother is willing to listen to you and try and develop some camaraderie. I want to encourage this, especially inside here. I want to encourage the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Murkomen and the Leader of the Minority, with a lot of respect that the fights can be out there, but when we come here, let us only fight when maybe the business is partisan. I am not sure this one is. Those are the two options. I will give the owner of the Motion thirty seconds to either tell me whether you want to consult or to proceed with the Motion in an amended form."
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