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    "content": "caucus of governors in Nairobi, they call it the Council of Governors, so that they can use it to protect and derail the programmes that are ongoing. We are talking about accountability here at the Senate, the county assemblies and the National Assembly. Nobody has the power to stop those Houses from going on with their work. We have to some extent heard that governors are using the same money to go to courts, so that we are stopped from going on with our business. This is absurd. Indeed, we must state that the Senate is not in the business of frustrating devolution as we have been reading in the newspapers. Governors are saying that any time we raise an issue of accountability, we are playing with devolution. That is not the case. Who told them that governors are equivalent to devolution? Never! Devolution is a process that is supposed to be carried out by all that are indicated here. The Constitution is very clear that the headquarters of a county is indicated in that county. So it follows that the office of the Governor must be in that county. When we hear that governors are hiring the best offices in the Republic of Kenya in Nairobi, this is misuse of funds. As a Member of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee, we are keen to know how much each county will spend on renting some strange offices in Nairobi yet they already have offices at home. We want to bring this issue forward; that they should go back to where they were elected from and minimize their trips to Nairobi because Senators represent counties outside the county. I serve to protect their interests. So, if they have any issues, they should speak to that issue through their Senators as indicated by law in Article 96 of the Constitution. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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