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"content": "correct and you are trying to help a certain region, stop doing that. Do your work, sack all of them. We have lost a lot of money. I ask our Senate Majority and Minority Leaders to think about what we are going to do in handling the county governments’ issues. The problem starts with the counties. Every Gen Z comes from a county. If you go to your county today, you will find foreigners, including people we do not know, working in those counties. If these Gen Zs are allowed to work in their counties, do you think we would have this kind of problem? We would not have. However, they cannot work. It is only the family and close relatives of the governors that are given those contracts. Do you think that the President is not aware? He is aware. We even send him texts telling him that this and that is happening in our counties. So, he should take charge. The money that is going to the counties is from the taxpayer. It does not belong to the counties or the governors. The governors sit in Nairobi, then, they control the money in either Wajir, Marsabit, Isiolo, or Samburu. Why is this happening? What business do you have in Nairobi? It is because you just went there as a governor to steal and not to work for the people. Finally, the President should ask the Governors who are now being questioned to step aside and thorough investigations initiated. The main business of this Senate is counties. It is constitutionally mandated to look into any business that has been handled in the counties. Are we doing that? No. Not the way we are supposed to do. I will ask these distinguished Senators, please, let us take time. Let us sit and have a discussion on how to tackle the most problematic counties starting from the bottom to the top. We can have Special Committees sent to Marsabit, Kakamega, Isiolo, Mandera and even Machakos, then we solve these problems. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under Article 75(1)(a) on the conduct of a State Officer says- “A State officer shall behave, whether in public and official life, in private life, or in association with other persons, in a manner that avoids— (a) Any conflict between personal interests and public or official duties.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are some organizations such as the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA). If you go there today, those director generals are supposed to be asked to step aside, so that lifestyle audit can be instituted. If you go to any office today, either Government or any other institutions, if you want to ask for contracts or employment for your people, you will be told “sorry, we do not have any job” because it started somewhere in State House. There are some brokers working in State House who normally go to places and say, we need employment for our people and the President said, employ 500 people and it is not true."
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