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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will not take a lot of time. I will take a few minutes to support the Motion for Adjournment Motion. First, I take the opportunity to thank the leadership of the House; the Speaker’s Panel, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader and all the Members of the Senate who have participated in the deliberations of this House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we know our responsibilities of oversight over the counties. We are aware that there are some constitutional bodies that should help us to oversight. These are: The Office of the Auditor-General, the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and others. We demand a lot from these bodies, but we also need to support them so that they can support us. We know that the Office of the Auditor-General has just about 100 personnel who were previously serving one Government, but now, they are serving the 47 county governments, including the national Government. It is very clear from this that they are definitely over-stretched and they are, probably, not helping us much. This is shown by the fact that the Auditor-General’s reports reach us very late. In fact, in most cases, it is the case of closing the barn when the horse has already bolted. Right now, under our noses, we are now watching as resources that we devolved to the counties, being wasted by some of the busy bodies in the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to support these bodies in our next dispensation as we deliberate on issues within the Senate so that we can truly be representative, supervise and oversight the counties that we represent. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, during this session when we have been in the House, we have witnessed the greatest number of our own Kenyans lose lives, not as a result of diseases but as a result of violence in our country. This is very worrisome. It is important that we look at that issue. When you listen to Kenyans talking nowadays, everyone of them knows what should be done in order to sort out the security problem. However, this is not being done. Therefore, we ask the Government to evolve new tactics at every turn to tackle the insecurity problem that is threatening each one of us. We listen and we have heard individuals say, you must take care of your own security. Of course, this is a very true statement; that it is upon us as citizens to be careful and take some part in our own security. However, we expect that our Government offers us the maximum security that we require to make progress in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in this country, we are also being threatened with another form of insecurity. This is food insecurity. Although we have areas in our country where there is plentiful supply of food, but it is the way we manage it that can guarantee us food security or otherwise. Probably we are going to lose more lives in this country in the middle of plenty because of the way we manage and move food resources within our country. Therefore, I hope that in time, we are going to be very careful about the surplus food that is in our country so that, not only shall we consume it, but also get resources out of them and use them appropriately. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the health of Senators and all Members of Parliament is very important. It may look child-like to go to the gym, but it is not childish. I would like to request that Senators use the gym. I am sure there is no 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."
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