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    "id": 1058134,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "many people they owe and what that money would do to your economy, you would not talk about that. Maybe since there is no law to shoot and kill them, somebody who has the power to do it beyond law should do it, who is God. That is really bad. Owing people and with impunity, you tell them to go to court and use public money to beat them in court. They all become destitute because you are a governor, head of a Ministry or head of a parastatal. That is cruelty that should be painfully paid for by God. I pray that God is listening to us and I know he does. Vengeance is his and he should visit such vengeance on those people. People are owed salary and have worked time without end and they are not being paid. It is unfortunate that this issue of pending bills is an issue that county governments are not sensitive to. Our county governments do not comply with basic statutory requirements. For instance, all these county governments in these reports are not remitting money for pensions and National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). They do not know that you as a governor you have money. Your clansmen, children, relatives and people who voted for you, you are not remitting those monies, how do you think they will survive? You claim that there were no disbursement, but as a governor, you keep on renovating your house, buying new cars and doing your own things. You think you will live in perpetuity there. Anybody in charge should ensure that pensions and all the other statutory deductions are remitted because they are there for a purpose. After retirement, if one has to wait for their dues and cannot get them, that is the time opportunistic diseases and other ailments start visiting them. It is in old age when one really needs their money and support. I urge the county governments to read this Report and pay the statutory deductions. I urge the governors to work very hard to promote staff members in the counties as well as build their capacity. Governors do not deliver services, but workers do. Therefore, the level of motivation and commitment of the workers in the counties is what assists governors in delivering services which they are mandated. The public have resourced the governors and given them the privilege to work for them. If governors do not incentivize and motivate the workers of the counties, how the hell do they hope to deliver services? How do they hope to discharge their duties without a motivated staff? You will discover that workers in the counties are stratified or categorized as ex- local authority who are paid poorly. While others are stratified as those that are employed by the governors who are paid well. That is a problem that is prevalent in Migori County and many other counties. I would like to remind the governors that the true leader is God. Since God got very busy with other big things, He gives leaders an opportunity through elections for people to elect them into office. When a Governor mismanages the county, they should remember that it is God’s people whose services they are not rendering. The governors who are mismanaging their counties should know that there is no greater sin. They deceive the public that they will serve them, take away their money and then fail to benefit the people who voted for them. When such corrupt governors leave office, the curses and the pain of the people who elected them will follow them to wherever they go. Governors should aspire to retire in peace. People should remember The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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