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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the recommendations made by these two committees. I will start with the last recommendation. I do not think that it is viable to attempt or even state that the Committee will prepare a report at the end of the financial year. My recommendation would be that these reports be made periodically to the Senate, so that we follow what the county governments and assemblies do periodically. This is because it is possible that if we wait for the end of the year, it will be too late and we might find our counties on the death bed. Madam Temporary Speaker, in terms of audit of assets, this mirrors very closely to my heart and county. This is because one of the frustrations that my governor is facing is that he has no office. The County Commissioner is donating office space in installments. Part of the reason why the County Assembly has relocated its sittings to a town called Malili is because my Governor and the County Assembly are holed up in one place, which used to be the Municipal Council of Makueni. It is absolutely unacceptable. We recently witnessed members of the national Government being evicted from Jogoo House. There is no reason whatsoever why county governments should be squatters in their counties. It is, in fact, my Governor who should be offering space to the County Commissioner and his officials. The pretext that these buildings belong to the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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