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    "content": "way of knowing whether they are misusing the money. It is only through this board that we can solve the problems of embezzlement as it has been stated here by other members. We do not need to sit down here and oversight problems. We need to sit here and oversight progress in our counties. Recently, I went with the President to China. I remember this very well because I benefited from it. A lot of money was given to Kenya. I was there and saw what was happening. If I do not interpret what I saw there into deeds and if I do not have a forum to tell my people what we did there, since we did very great things, that will all go to waste. For example, the Chinese are very passionate about irrigation schemes. Having come from an irrigation county, Kirinyaga, I know what the Chinese can do. How can I tell the people of Kirinyaga that we can carry out the irrigation that is being carried out in China? Where do I get that forum? The Board is the only way that we can develop the counties. That is the reason why the Bill will be passed. A county is not somebody’s kingdom. When you go to many of these counties, you will hear people talking about one person whom they refer to as the owner. They will now realise that the counties do not belong to them. The counties belong to everybody else. The Governor should be respected but this respect should come through all the elected people. Let them be assisted. At the ward level, we have a ward representative accounting for the monies given to the wards; we have the Members of Parliament in the constituencies. These ones are accountable for the funds that they are given. Thanks to this Senate because we have somebody like Eng. Karue who is the father of the CDF. Were he not in this Senate but somewhere else, we would have said that we are not sure of what we are doing. However, we have very experienced people. We have experiences that can be used at the county level. It is for this reason, therefore, that we can supervise ward development, advise constituencies, the Governor and the women representative. If the Governor is, for example, recalled because there is a clause that provides for that, who is left? The Senator is left and the woman representative. So, if the Senator is not there and the Governor has been recalled, who becomes the head of the county? No one would be left there and, therefore, there would be retrogression because no development would take place in that county. That is why this Bill is very useful. This is a Bill that the Governors should respect more than any other. It will provide security of tenure for their services and it is the one that will make sure that they live longer. The Senator, after being made the Chairman to oversee development, will allow the Governor to live longer because he will also be explaining to people about development issues. The moment the Senators are not in that Board, nobody will question what happens. This is a threat to devolution. If it is a threat to devolution, it is also a threat to the Senate and we cannot afford not to pass this Bill and that is why we are supporting it. As we discuss this Bill, let it be understood clearly that this is the first time Kenya has started moving ahead. This is the only time we can say that we are starting to realize development because all of a sudden, we have discovered oil in Turkana and Isiolo and recently the King of Meru was in London to convince the Britons to buy miraa . This is the time every county is getting serious. In Kirinyaga County, we are thinking of putting up cable cars from Kerugoya to Mount Kenya. We want to be the first people to earn that 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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