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    "content": "Governor more than the county assemblies. It is unfortunate that it is the same county assembly that gives them a job. That is why even now, we have ended up having a lot of conflicts within those counties where people feel threatened. Some of them feel so threatened that either as a CEC, he or she must ensure that they adhere to their team or group. This is the group that has protected you, that has to do business in the county and many others. But I want to request the county assemblies - they went to court and now they have a final order from the court that their petition was neither here nor there and they must follow the law; which is true. Indeed, they must follow the law because, as the Senate, it is just a few months before we approve the new and better ceilings for them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other issue that the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) needs to do is to realise that every county is unique. We visited Wajir County recently and looked at the County Assembly and appreciated it. This is a county assembly where Members travel very rarely outside the country. They do most of their benchmarking within the Senate in this country. However, they are still strained in terms of funds. As the CRA comes up with a formula for them, it has to assess county by county to know their needs. We realised that as much as they do not travel, if we are not careful, due to lack of funds, they will not also handle their legislative roles. While we are coming up with a new formula – we have the opportunity to approve the formula now so as to remove the burden from the CRA – we should ensure that if there are any issues that will arise; they will come up in the Senate and not within the Controller of Budget (COB) and CRA dockets. We also request county assemblies to have tolerance. At times, they may disagree with the CRA. However, for the sake of the Members, then they have to sit at a table to discuss matters. No one is saying that one has to be a friend of so-and-so. You should have tolerance if you are a leader so as to work with others. They also have to align themselves with the new dispensation. You must be accountable for public resources. I still want to thank the President. We are talking about ceilings. The President said that if we want our country to move forward, we must interrogate ourselves and see how we will change Kenya and not how we will build impunity by asking questions regarding why so-and-so did not step down while the other one is still in the office. You, as an individual, how do you stand up to show Kenyans that you have been elected to give services but not to chest thump? County assemblies should learn through Makueni County. We kept on crying to Makueni County and telling them to have tolerance and to work together; they thought it was a joke. The Governor started the same process. He chest thumped because he did not have tolerance to come up with solutions to deal with the problems in his county. These people are still in office but the ordinary mwananchi is wondering how he can access services. Let us adhere to the rules that we all passed. We decided to follow a new dispensation. I like the way the new Constitution has started “biting” us. Previously, people thought that the new Constitution would not bite. However, it will bite, change us and force us to come out of our comfort zones and appreciate every person, even those 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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