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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will now proceed to the next charge at page 17 of our analysis of the Governor’s bundle on Volume II. It says failure to establish the County Budget and Economic Forum. This charge is based on the primaries of Section 137 of the PFM Act. Here, let me begin with the some remarks that it has been very difficult for the County Treasury to set up this Budget and Economic Forum. Most of them who have been identified – if you look at Section 137 of the PFM Act, it says as soon as practicable, a county government shall establish – it does not say a county governor. Yesterday, the county assembly misled this Senate by reading the county governor. It does not say the county governor. I want it to go on record. It says, a county government – not a county governor. The governor is the CEO and there are structures within the county government on how this is done. Later on, I will show you correspondence on attempt to for this initiative. A county government shall establish a forum to be known as the County Budget and Economic Forum. The relevant bit is that the County Budget and Economic Forum shall consist of the governor, other members of the executive committee and a number of representatives. This is where we have been having a problem. A number of representatives not being county public officers equal to the number of the executive committee members appointed by the governor from – underline the word appointed by the governor – persons nominated by organizations representing professionals, businesses, labor issues, women, persons with disabilities, the elderly and faith-based groups at the county level. So, as I said, it has been very difficult for the county treasury to source for the persons to be in this forum. Some of them are based in Nairobi and they do not want to work in Nyeri. So, it has been very difficult and it creates a challenge which affects most of the county governments. Is there a county government that has fully formed this forum in accordance with the statutory timelines as soon as practicable is the statutory timeline? Most county governments have not formed this economic forum as we speak. So, are we going to impeach the Governor of Nyeri on something which this Senate will want to look at and see whether this legislation should be amended to provide for a convenient way of forming the County Budget and Economic Forum? Are we going to impeach the Governor of Nyeri County based on these difficulties in the implementation of the transition which most counties have? So, our submission is that this is not a ground for impeachment. As we speak, the process of identifying these members of the County Budget and Economic Forum is still ongoing---"
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