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"content": "through the Committee on Finance and Budget by revision of the ceilings to put up those projects. Project management by county assemblies is very poor because there is a lot of duplication. They want to bring in competencies that already exist in the county executive. Whenever we make those approvals for county assemblies to do capital projects, we need to guide them appropriately. We do not to see waste too much time in duplication and redundant things that could have been best done by county executives or through the shared services of the county executive. The reports before the Senate contain specific recommendations that will be communicated to the entities once adopted by the House. However, I assure the Senators that the Committee we are in and where I am deputized ably by Sen. Cherarkey, we are closing the backlog. We are finalizing the reports for the election year, 2021/2022. I also assure this House that in September, we will be considering financial year 2022/2023 for the time that the current governors are in office. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are a witness because you attended one of our meetings. For example, in the case of Meru, we are now able to close the years of Kiraitu Murungi, so that we can focus on the years of Governor, Kawira Mwangaza. I also thank the Senators who have attended our meetings for indulging us and understanding the backlog we have been in. That backlog has not been because of laziness. When Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale chaired this Committee, for the first two years, he could not do anything because governors were going to court left, right and centre. If Dr. Kidero was not going to court, it was hon. Oparanya. If not hon. Oparanya, it was hon. Mwangi wa Iria. As such, for two years, it was a fight. No one wanted to subject themselves to the Senate. So, we have gotten to a point where the Supreme Court has made its decision on the matter and they have no choice, but to subject themselves to the Senate. What we want to do is tighten the sanctions. If the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Chairman, Hon. Mbadi becomes the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, one of the first things we will be asking him to do, is to invoke Article 225 of the Constitution to stop the transfer of funds to counties with serious financial problems. This is because there is no need for us to pour money down a bottomless pit. We will be supporting the Motion by Sen. Dullo. However, the Constitution puts that power in the hands of the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury. Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Ukur Yatani, tried to invoke it, but we frustrated it. Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u, had no clue of what was going on. In fact, he never even appeared before any of our committees. So, we hope that hon. John Mbadi, hopefully, inshallah, will be a Cabinet Secretary who listens to the Senate, responsive to the needs of his colleagues, the politicians that he served with over the years. I beg to move and request the distinguished Senator for Nandi, none other than Sen. Cherarkey, to second. I, however, advise him that while he seconds, he should refrain from talking about the other members of the Cabinet. Mr. Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move. 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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