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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Therefore, let us make it clear, at least in my perspective, that it should not be a question of how many governors we receive who have been recommended for impeachment. For me, that is not the question. The deeper question must be how meritious and justified is whatever proposals we get in this House and how we determine those requests. Therefore, this Motion being in connection with the establishment of a special committee, I have seen in this list a very broad representation of the two major political parties in this House. There is also consideration for gender and regional diversity. I have also seen that because this is the second committee of this nature, if formed, none of the Members who is proposed here has served in the previous committee. This is good practice. I know nothing prevents the same Senators from sitting in this committee again and again but it is only fair that we give as many Senators as possible a chance to participate in this very critical and solemn duty of accountability in our counties. This afternoon, therefore, once again the proposed Senators are confronted with battling with the balances that must be created firstly with regard to the role of Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) in this process and with regard to protecting, entrenching and supporting the role of MCAs to oversight county executives. That is one pillar of the balances that these men and women; the hon. Senators; will be confronted with. That role is constitutional. The role of the MCAs is legitimate and it is so critical if devolution has to survive. As we have said many times, devolution is not just about pumping money, resources and authority to the grassroots. It is also about dispersing accountability to the lowest level of governance. This Committee will be hoisted with the very critical responsibility of reflecting the maturity and objectivity of this House that has been established without question. Therefore, our approach and through our colleagues in terms of complying with the County Governments Act, the Constitution and our Standing Orders, discharging this duty will be very critical . The proposed Committee will also help us, hopefully, when they do their report to try and help the Senate and this country to be able to understand how we can strengthen accountability and create the appropriate balances at the county level, so that no arm of government is subordinate to the other. I say this because if you look at Article 96 of the Constitution - and the Committee should really help us grapple with this matter - this Article talks about representing and protecting counties and county governments. The term “county governments” refers to the two arms of government that have been 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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