Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 502890,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/502890/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 15,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "leaving the employment of the said new staff in limbo, threatens to bring operations at the County Assembly to a standstill. (g) THAT, the County Government risks losing hundreds of millions of shillings in the event the said employees decide to file a suit against the County Assembly despite the fact that they have not been assigned any duties or delivered any services since their employment on 1st April, 2014. (h) THAT, the Clerk of the County Assembly has also- (i) refused to attend meetings of the CASB (ii) operates bank accounts not authorized by the CASB and whose status and amounts held therein is unknown to the CASB or the Speaker; (iii) assigns junior staff the roles of departmental heads; (iv) single handedly and without involving the CASB recruited employees and proceeded to place them on the payroll where they receive salaries; (v) exhibited favoritism towards certain employees; (vi) openly displayed disrespect to the MCAs and staff of the County Assembly including using insults and abuses against them; and (vii) instead of acting as adviser to the Speaker, assumed the role of head of the County Assembly. (i) THAT, there is very little service delivery taking place at the County Assembly due to this gridlock and the County Assembly itself seems unable or unwilling to help resolve the conflict between the office of the Speaker and that of the Clerk. (j) THAT, there is wanton wastage of funds by Members of the County Assembly (MCAs), including undertaking unjustified foreign trips where allowances and per diem is paid running into millions of shillings, as supported by the various reports of the Auditor-General on the county. (k) THAT, efforts to resolve the conflict between the Speaker and the Clerk or to have the Clerk disciplined, removed or replaced, have been unsuccessful and have not yielded any fruits. (l) THAT, the issues in respect of which the petition is made are not pending before a court of law, constitutional or legal body. 4. The Petitioner, therefore, prays that the Senate:- (a) Conducts an investigation into the affairs and conduct of the Clerk of the County Assembly and Secretary to the Vihiga CASB and also conducts investigations into the affairs of the Board in its entirety; (b) Asks the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the books of accounts of the Assembly and those parties that are culpable be prosecuted; (c) Calls for documents and conducts an audit into the human resource of the County Assembly, nature of recruitment of new employees and the process; (d) Comes up with any decision aimed at protecting devolution and taxpayers’ monies and any parties found to have received monies irregularly surcharged; and, (e) Request the Office of the Auditor-General to undertake an audit on the accounts of the Vihiga County Assembly. 5. The petition is signed by the petitioner, Mr. Julius Masiva Obuga. 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."
}