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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am glad that my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, has suggested that we do sanctions this time round. I hope that the Controller of Budget, wherever she is this afternoon, is listening to these feelings from the Senate. Those governors who do not want to be accountable should not be given the very first tranche of funds in this financial year. There is always an excuse that governors create whenever the Senate wants to hold them accountable. They say that they are accountable to the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). They fail to understand the role of Senate. Let them hear this afternoon, that the MCAs will perform those functions at the local level. The Senate will perform this at the national level. How will the MCAs know what may have gone wrong towards the end of the year, when they do not even access those audit reports at times? Governors must be held accountable. We cannot allow this very bad trend to continue in our counties, especially when they do not want to be held accountable? Mr. Speaker, Sir, His Excellency the President has agreed to be accountable to Kenyans. At what point in their lives were they actually told that they are small presidents in these counties? These are governments at the local level that are answerable to the national Government when it comes to accountability. This is because funding comes from the national level. Why do they think that they can run these counties the way they want? We should not allow the total disregard with which the governors have actually shown to the regulations that exist in this country and overall to the institutions that would have held them accountable. I am personally happy that we are at last finding a solution to actually bring these fellows to account. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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