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    "content": "We are supposed to oversight over the funds that have been given yet the county assembly is, they are supposed to exercise oversight over human beings; over executive committees and any other county executive organs within that county. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when people misunderstand this and rush to court, it may be essential to have a committee, such as the one we have just formed, so that we can put the case and make laws that are functional. So many other people, as you have mentioned, may be having issues with the way the Senate is working. That is none of our business. You can already see that the main trouble is coming from the “congregation of governors”. They call themselves Council of Governors, which is almost now behaving as an extra county. When you are talking about Council of Governors, it is like you are talking about “county of governors”, because they are now harvesting money from the counties and putting it in a kitty, which is now trying to fight any law that has been enacted by the National Assembly or the Senate. Eventually, the whole thing rotates around accountability and we cannot negotiate that. We must stand firm and do all it takes, including forming such committees such as this one. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if any Member in this House has a problem with the composition of the Ad Hoc Committee, then we should know who should be removed from here. If we want more than 13, that is allowed or we can also seek the presence of the Speaker. By the way whether the Speaker should be a Member of this Committee or not, I do not know. May be we should discuss about the membership, and whether it has merit or no and then we remove that name. Otherwise I have no problem with this. I would say that this is the right way to go. Other Members were advancing the case saying this Committee should have been a sub-committee of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I do not know how members constitute the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I know that some Members such as Sen. (Dr.) Zani and Sen. Khalwale are not members of that Committee. So, this one is a composition that is befitting the job that is indicated here. If we have a problem with the number, that is allowed and we can debate it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a straightforward Motion. I support it very strongly and suggest that it should be allowed to proceed. Sen. Wako, as you know, has a wealth of experience in this field. We call him emeritus having been the Attorney General for years and maybe we should add Sen. G.G Kariuki here as well, because of the wealth of experience of being Senator number one so that we can enrich our numbers. I support this and wish that we pass it so that they move quickly to start work and anything that may want to hinder the Senate from performance, can easily be brought to a level of understanding by all persons that are supposed to know. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there will also be time when we can form other ad hoc committees in the future that will be dedicated to such a precise activity. For example, I am thinking about an"
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