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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "When I was an advocate, we would persuade the courts to grant injunctions on the basis that there was a prima facie case that could be proved. What I am seeing today is failure to use the principles that are supposed to be looked at when one is granting an injunction. There is total interference in other arms of Government; this Constitution that we passed on 27th August, 2010, clearly sets out the principle of separation of powers. Hon. Speaker, I have looked that the Constitution, Article 10 of the Constitution talks about national values; the core values that every State officer in this country is bound by. What we have seen today is that, much as the Constitution demands on me as a person to exercise the principles of good governance, transparency and accountability, we have this monster we created; devolution. Governors have refused to submit themselves to the principles of good governance, accountability and transparency. The question is: How then is the Senate expected to exercise its oversight role, if a State officer cannot bring themselves before the Senate for purposes of accountability? Hon. Speaker, it is not that public funds are not being misused. They are misused left, right and centre. We are seeking that there be public participation in governance at the county level and that has been lacking. That is why I will be calling upon this House, when we come to look at the county service boards, the Bills that are brought before this House, the National Assembly passes them because we need them at that level. Therefore, I agree that there is a problem and the sooner we confront this problem, the better for this country. This country is at cross-roads and this is being caused by none other than the Judiciary; they expect that every other arm of the Government is submissive to them. This was not the intention of the drafters and makers of the Constitution. I rest my case."
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