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    "content": "shall be suspended, and if the certificate has not been issued may order such directions to be inserted therein.” This will equally apply to county governments if this Senate approves this amendment for: “(4) Save as aforesaid, no execution or attachment or process in the nature thereof shall be issued out of any such court for enforcing payment by the Government or any such money or cost as aforesaid, and no person shall be individually liable under any order for the payment by the Government or any other Government department or any other officer of the Government as such, of any money.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are now including number five by saying, this section - all the ones I have read - shall with necessary modifications apply to civil proceedings by or against a county government in any proceedings or in connection with any arbitration which a county government in Kenya is a party. I am happy today to report that if this Senate approves this, we will today sleep easy knowing that the money that we have worked very hard, as the Senate, to provide to counties will not be taken away through corrupt practices. This binds county governments to ensure that by the time they are making a payment, and then the payment complies with this section. There must be a certificate and an order. It must state the amount so that the people who want to take shortcuts in an attempt to skim money out of counties and officers of county governments who think it is their time to eat know that the time has virtually come to an end by virtue of this amendment. I am asking fellow Senators to support this amendment because this is one of the ways that we can protect our counties and bring on board and inform county governors that this Senate stands for prudence under Article 207. We stand for accountability under the Constitution and forever, we will keep to our mandate in protecting counties notwithstanding any disputes or altercations we may have. Therefore, they must understand where we are coming from. Therefore, in an attempt to win them, as we agreed, we must use a soft approach to talk to governors; they are part and parcel of our mandate. They should understand that when we sit in the Senate, we are not sitting to fight with them, but sitting to protect their turf. Therefore, they should know that as their partners, any of the issues that we have raised, particularly on this matter must be forwarded to this Senate, so that we do what we are mandated to do under Article 96(3). If you allow me, I would like to request that you defer putting the question in terms of Standing Order No. 54(3) as there appears to be no requisite delegations to vote."
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