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"content": "1. That on various occasions, on various dates between 4th July 2023 and 9th July 2023, the governor grossly violated the provisions of Articles 10, 73 and 75 of the Constitution of Kenya and Sections 29 and 34 of the Leadership and Integrity Act 2012 by: (a) overseeing misappropriation of the funds raised for the victims of the horrendous Londiani Junction accident tragedy in which over Kshs9 million of publicly raised funds were lost; (b) reneging on his undertakings to implement the report of the County Assembly’s ad hoc Committee formed to probe the misappropriation of funds meant for the victims of the accident. There is evidence that the governor filed a suit and or supported a suit by those implicated in the report of the County Assembly’s ad hoc Committee in Kericho ELRC, Petition No. E006 of 2023, Dr. Wesley Bor, and five others versus the Governor, Kericho County Government, and others, and Kericho ELRC, Petition No. E01 4 of 2023; Victor Tum and others versus the Governor of Kericho County and others; (c) being personally and directly complicit in the flawed award of direct tenders for service providers during the fundraiser and the requiem mass of the victims of the accident; (d) the County governor has, in this regard, committed numerous and various acts in the course of his duties that are contrary to and in violation of the Constitution and the laws of Kenya. These include: (i) the authenticity of various payments made cannot be confirmed. The fact that the exact amount of money expended from the sum collected during the fundraiser points to impropriety and suggests a clear fraud on those whom the funds ought to have benefited; (ii) a total of Kshs13,682,660 was collected at the fundraiser. A sum of Kshs423,000 was purportedly expended as pastors’ facilitation, transport refund, fuel preparation, lunches and refreshments, printing, publishing and radio announcements. Other payments that were approved from the fund were; Kericho County Referral Hospital - Kshs2,037,524; Londiani Hospital - Kshs1,534,190, SuperTix Limited - Kshs2,945,000; Supershine Limited - Kshs411,000; Rays Memorial Hospital - Kshs100, 000; County Commissioners Fuel - Kshs300,000 et cetera. (iii) that when from all walks of life voluntarily made contributions to aid the victims of the tragedy, it was never intended or anticipated that the funds would be misappropriated with the blessings of the governor who had a higher calling to ensure the money was accounted for to the last coin and on whom the people bestowed their trust; (iv) the governor has issued contradictory statements, in so far as the use of the funds is concerned, the contradictory statements point to his being complicit in the matter; and, 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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