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    "id": 1162708,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, there are quite a few governors who have defied the invitation to appear before the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. The Committee has eventually summoned them and directed them to be fined but those fines have never been paid because of lack of excitement and commitment on the part of the executive to ensure that this August House, with its oversight mandate, has its resolutions enforced by the authority concerned. These are part of the weaknesses that become problematic when it comes to ensuring that the onerous responsibility of oversight is carried out to its implementation by this House. When we make a resolution that certain action be taken, it is actually taken. As we speak, many counties have recruited staff including Migori County beyond the established limit. The Public Finance Management Act is very clear that our recurrent expenditure must not exceed 35 per cent of our total revenue. You will find that a county has recruited staff whose emolument exceeds 60 per cent continue to recruit. The same is the case in in Nairobi City County Government, Nyamira, Migori and all these other county executives. Very few county executives are complying with the law. They continue to recruit and the Controller of Budget continues to release funds to pay for people who have been recruited outside what is required. What makes it even worse, when a governor is investigated, charged, arraigned in court and asked to step aside from his office, he or she continues to be the governor. He continue to work and engage with witnesses who are ceased of documents which are supposed to be used to prosecute him or her. The governor who has been charged and asked not to go to the office, simply goes home and runs the affairs of the county from there. Directing the same officers on who to cooperate with and what to do. This has made it laughable. What the court directs and how it is implemented is laughable. Until this House and the Executive agree that oversight is a serious matter and that corruption is the biggest challenge to devolution, we will continue to table these reports but no action will be taken. So, it is important that the reports we make and table and everything we do is acted upon. It is important that when that happens, we bring to book the perpetrators of violations of law and those who are undermining devolution."
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