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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to make my contribution to this Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I support this Motion and the recommendations made therein. First of all, let me laud the action taken by the county representatives from the County of Turkana for raising the red flag when they saw this. I dare say that other assemblies around this Republic should copy the work that has been done by the members of the county assembly of Turkana. This is because in my own mind, I believe that it is possible that there are other counties in Kenya which might have done even worse things than what we are looking at about Turkana County. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country has a culture of altering documents. You will recall that during the drafting of this Constitution that is in place, the final document, the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya, was sent to the Government Printer, after exhaustive discussions by all the stakeholders, including the Committee of Experts and the Select Committee on the Constitution, and a final document agreed upon. When this final draft was sent to the Government Printer, it was discovered that somebody went there and altered certain provisions of the Constitution; a very grave matter. So, again, now we are seeing this happening in the good County of Turkana. I think it is possible that something similar has happened in other counties, only that there have been no people as sharp as the members of the county assembly of Turkana to discover. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this action sends a very strong signal to all governors, that they must treat the deliberations of county assemblies seriously. Whatever decisions are taken, whether it is budgetary or other laws by the county assemblies, they must be taken seriously and implemented as passed by the peoples’ representatives. Here we are talking of representation. The people of Turkana, represented by their MCAs, passed a budget, and then, someone sitting in the governor’s office takes the role of the assembly to alter figures, against the wishes of the peoples’ representatives. I am looking at this in a very serious manner, just like we can make a law here and send it for assent, and before it is assented to, somebody makes alterations. Is that not a serious matter? Indeed, it is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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