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    "id": 1564526,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Members listened keenly because the distinguished Senator from Nyandarua led the House to where we should resolve this problem. When a county that has two assemblies, we should first ask ourselves what our role as a Senate is. This is because we are the House that is supposed to protect devolution. When you have two assemblies, then the issues of lack of accountability or fiduciary responsibility arise. I have taken some time and consulted with the area Senator and he has explained to me where the problem is. We have two assemblies. There is one with 12 members and the other one has 22 members. The 22 members attempted to impeach the governor and when they did not succeed to impeach him, he decided to deal with those 22 MCAs. When he was about to deal with the 22 MCAs, the 22 MCAs decided to impeach the speaker. The speaker then went to court and said that the 22 MCAs had not met the threshold. He was not given a stay and when that happens, legally speaking, he could not proceed serving as the speaker. He was impeached. That is it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a lot of collusion and we have to figure out where this collusion is coming from. That Assembly has two clerks and what I know is that before an assembly is funded, their money is tied to the exchequer, which is released to the county assemblies. The next thing is that before that money is released, the county executive committee member in charge of finance, who is the head of treasury of that county, has to release a Form C for money to be sent to the assembly. We have a situation where there is either incompetence in the part of the county executive committee member in charge of finance--- I wish Sen. M. Kajwang’ was here. According to Section 199 of the Public Finance Management Act, there are serious consequences that befall anyone who violates the Public Finance Management Act. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, here is a very simple process that we need to proceed with. Instead of beating around the bush and making recommendations that will not effectively solve this problem, we should focus on the bottom line. Why is the CECM, Finance issuing Form C to allocate funds to individuals sitting in a location gazetted by an impeached speaker? That is where the problem lies. What we need to do is very simple. If this Senate cannot pass a resolution and ensure its implementation, other agencies should move expeditiously and make arrests where necessary. The CoB should also not be releasing funds because the law, Article 226(5) mandates her to release money only when she is satisfied that the allocation is authorized by law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, grant me 30 more seconds because this issue is very key. We will not be able to resolve this matter if we continue going back and forth without implementation. What we need to do is clear. The Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations should work closely on this issue or alternatively establish an ad hoc Committee. The first step is to invoke Article 125 of the"
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