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    "content": "applied lawfully and in an effective manner by the respective county governments; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate resolves that pursuant to Article 228 (4) and (5) of the Constitution, the Controller of Budget should not authorize any withdrawal of public funds by the following county governments until the county governments have responded to the audit queries to the satisfaction of the Senate- 1. The County Government of Bomet; 2. The County Government of Kisumu; 3. The County Government of Kiambu; and, 4. The County Government of Murang’a; and the national Treasury, pursuant to Article 225 of the Constitution and Section 96 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 shall stop forthwith the transfer of funds to the said county governments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I clarify that the Notice of Motion which I gave and, in consultation with you, I have moved the Motion in its amended form by adding the last sentence. I will be very brief. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a matter which is very clear to all the Senators in view of what has been going on in the public domain. I just want to give evidence that the Committee on Public Accounts and Investments has tried again and again to accommodate them, but they have refused. Starting with the County Government of Kisumu, the Committee has invited the Governor severally and I want to table evidence in letters dated 10th June, 5th June, and again, 5th June and 9th July. In all instances, Governor Ranguma has defied. What is most shocking about Kisumu is that when the Governor refused to come he sent the Secretary of the County Executive Committee (CEC) and the Secretary misled the Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the first incidence, he told us that the reason the Governor was not coming was because he was bereaved. When Sen. Wako pinned him down to bring evidence of demise of the said relative, and upon realizing that the matter was becoming very serious, he quickly moved away from bereavement and now talked about copies of letters that had been sent to your office and the office of the Clerk of the Senate. We dismissed them and made the recommendation which will come in our final report. We said the expenditure by the county government on the delegation that came to tell us that the Governor was bereaved amounted to wastage and we concluded that he be surcharged for the cost of that trip. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second group of documents is our efforts to get the Governor of Murang’a. He was communicated to through letters written on 5th June, 10th June, 19th June and 9th July, but he did not come. We invited Governor Isaac Ruto through letters written on 5th June, 12th June, 19th June and 14th July. In this particular case, the day the Governor was meant to come before us, he chose to go for a live talk show on one of the media stations where he categorically said as he repeated in the letter 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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