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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, most of the praise has gone to the Governor but not the Senator because it is the Senator who transmits the message to the House. There is a love-hate relationship between many of the Senators here and their governors to an extent where, the day they receive a letter from their governor is a day for either celebration or when people fear because you do not know what the contents are. Therefore, Governor (Prof.) Kibwana and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. have shown us that devolution works when the Senator and the governor work together. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Governor (Prof.) Kibwana, who is the Governor for Makueni County, is the first to submit to the Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC). When he came before the Senate, he came with the Clerk of his Assembly, the Chair of the County Assembly Public Accounts Committee, the Chair, Finance and Budget Committee and the Senator. He has shown us that those synergies are extremely important. We wish them well. He is the first governor to test the ability of this House and the provisions of the Constitution on dissolution. He has made it clear that if people are not going to do what is right, then they would rather dissolve and go separate ways. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this request on disasters is novel. Sitting where I am, I could not really get the call to action. However, I know that the call to action is to help the county government to deal with the humanitarian crisis. The county put up a full page advert - I saw it in the newspapers - calling for help from members of the public. Kenyans do not like helping the Government because they believe it steals from them, and you do not want to help someone who regularly steals from you. This letter reminds us of the stand-off we had with the National Assembly in the past where this Senate decided that the amounts that the national Government was retaining for disaster management was too much and unnecessary. I believe this is part of the call to action; that in future, as we divide revenue between national and county Governments, this Senate must stand firm and send more money to the counties for disaster management because that is where these disasters happen. What the national The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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