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    "content": "The Committee observed once again that in matters of procurement in respect of which Article 227 of the Constitution had been sited, there had been considerable inaction and lack of oversight on the part of the Governor. Although pursuant to Article 179 (4) of the Constitution, the Governor is the Chief Executive Officer of the county, it appeared to the Special Committee that the Governor was a mere bystander and an observer in procurement debacles. The Governor gave the impression that he had totally removed himself from the controversies surrounding works for the Embu Stadium and the defective seed maize, leaving these matters primarily to the County Secretary, if not to no one in particular. The Governor repeatedly argued that he would never involve himself in matters of procurement which should be an entirely different thing from taking action to deal with those responsible for the procurement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Governor then went on and called two witnesses in respect of this matter; the maize seed which his own lawyer admitted that it was a fiasco. Believe me or not Senators, the very witnesses that the Governor brought turned against him and there was a serious verbal exchange between the counsel for the Governor and his own witnesses until we were forced to caution the counsel that he could not attempt to cross examine his own witnesses. This was after the Governor in his own document attempted to mislead our Committee by making annexures to his report and attributing them to the man who is in charge of the docket of agriculture. The man came and disowned those annexures by the Governor and brought his own accurate documents and the team of the Governor was lost for words. I could see it, hear it and feel it. It was pathetic."
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