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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. I hold the Senator together with all the Members who serve in that Committee in high regard, but I must look them straight in the eye and tell them that they have failed this House. They have had 45 days, which translates to one-and-a-half months. A colleague walked up to them and told them that there is an absurd situation in his county. He told them that two sittings are happening and both are purporting to be the county assemblies of that county. My question is: what would be more urgent? Many times, we walk up to each other, as colleagues, and request that we intervene on matters that affect the citizens that we represent in this House. Something is not right on account of the length of time that it has taken this Committee to give us a progress report. Secondly, you have heard the Chairperson of the Committee Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations say that the Controller of Budget told them that they only get requisitions from the county executive. That work is her duty. I am sure that the purpose of specific requisitions are stated when requests are taken to her. That includes the requisitions for county assemblies. That is why we devolved the Office of the Controller of Budget. They have representatives in all our 47 county governments. It is possible that she feigned ignorance. However, I do not understand how the nine members of that Committee, the clerk and the legal counsel of the Committee accepted that as an answer. We have to be honest with ourselves. We have to be serious if this House indeed caters for the interests of devolution. This matter stinks to the highest of heavens. It is not fair for this to happen in a country governed by the rule of law."
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate"
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"content": "If we allow Nyamira to have two or three sittings, what will stop Sen. Methu or Sen. Wambua from starting another parliament tomorrow? Sen. Wambua can choose to have another parliament in Kitui. What precedence are we setting? I know we are starved of time, but I want to make this request. Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is also another entity that has failed us. Our Judiciary must stop hiding under the cover of independence. Independence is not a cover for incompetence. The judge who sits in Nyamira is the one who has given orders that have caused this level of confusion. Can those judges walk out of Nyamira Law Courts and head to the County Assembly of Nyamira and make a determination of what needs to happen? How do you sit as a judge, driven home every evening on taxpayers' money when this kind of maladministration is happening and being visited on the people of Nyamira? That is not right. The Chief Justice actually needs to bring this matter to her attention. When a judge issues orders that break apart a county and perpetuates a situation where there are two sittings in a county assembly, then it speaks of their incompetence. That is not interference with judicial independence. When we pass laws in this House and there is lack of clarity, as Parliament, we endeavor to provide clarity. We even inform the users of that particular law the intention of Parliament. Can that judge make a determination of this case in the public interest? This is a matter of great public interest because money is being lost in Nyamira because nobody oversights what is happening in the county executive yet these games continue while we watch. Mr. Speaker, Sir, can you direct that at the rise of this House, if there is nothing more urgent, the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations heads to Nyamira and sits there until they resolve this particular issue? It has taken 45 days yet they are giving us a progress report. Sen. Abbas and your team, you cannot be proud of yourself."
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"content": "All the nine Senators serving in that Committee have let us down. If each of us were to work the way the Members the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations---"
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"content": " Senate Majority Leader, there is some more information that Sen. Omogeni wishes to share with you. Are you amenable?"
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"content": " Sure."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wanted to inform my good friend, the Senator for Kericho County, about the matter he has raised regarding injunctions issued by judges. If you read the report tabled by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, a petition was indeed filed by the impeached Speaker under Petition No.E001 of 2024. On page 20 of the report, the Speaker swore an affidavit where he sought an interim injunction from the courts to stop or stay the impeachment. However, the records presented before this House indicate that the honourable judge never issued any conservatory order. Therefore, the impeachment was never stayed by the court. I have"
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate"
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"content": "heard you make remarks about some judges. Maybe some orders were issued earlier, but regarding the impeachment, no stay orders were issued. Secondly, I heard you tell the Chair that he should proceed to Nyamira and deal with this matter. If you read the report tabled on page 29, the Chair states, and I want the Senate to listen carefully, that the sittings held contrary to the provisions of Section 7(b)(ii) of the County Governments Act are invalid, null and void, and contrary to the law. As you tell the Chair to go to Nyamira, is he going there to eat matoke or resolve this matter? He has already made a finding that aligns with the law. This House should be agreeing with the amendments proposed by Sen. (Prof.) Ojienda, which align with the Committee's recommendations. The only mistake is that while all these findings are in the body of the report from page 27 to page 29, they are missing in the interim recommendations. I agree with the sentiments of Senators that, if this matter is not addressed, similar issues will continue happening in the county assemblies of Taita Taveta and Machakos. This will become the norm. The money appropriated by this House for county governments will end up in the pockets of governors. That is the information I wanted you to have, Senate Majority Leader."
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"content": " Proceed, Senate Majority Leader."
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