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    "content": "like the County Allocation of Revenue Bill and send funds to the counties and expect them to deliver, when actually they are at a standstill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the look of things, it is not only Isiolo and Makueni counties which have problems. We have seen cases where governors do not want to appear before the Senate. The question is: “What are they doing on the ground?” It will come a time when more of these cases will come out. If the governors are emboldened by the fact that they can get the kind of orders that they want from the courts, it will come a time when people will take up arms to make sure that, that a governor is thrown out of the office physically. We are heading there. If the courts will not become the grounds where people will seek justice, people will do it the mob justice way, and we do not want to go that way. So, the earlier we take it upon ourselves and move in as a Committee, the better. Isiolo is not a very big county in terms of even the funding that they receive but it is a county which has been marginalized for long. Unfortunately, because of disagreements between the elected leaders, we have this problem. It is better that this Committee moves in and actually sits with the county executive and even the county assembly, because they may have a hand in this also. They need to sit with the Governor and the Speaker of the County Assembly and impress upon them that this wrangling is of no interest to the people of Isiolo. People want development and service delivery and not wrangling. So, the earlier we sort out this problem, the better. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge the Committee on Devolved Government to take this issue serious. A while ago, we passed a Motion to go on recess because of the serious issues happening on the ground. Let us organize ourselves and even if it will require the presence of Senators from the neighbouring counties, we should sit down and sort out these issues once and for all. We know that Makueni County also has issues. We need to come up with a systematic way of sorting out these issues, even if we will have to come up with legislation out of those deliberations. This is because the issues emerging in the counties are actually derailing devolution and denying our people the services which they require. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Motion."
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