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"content": "meetings yet they say that they do not have offices. Is this not a contradiction of the highest order? We need to ask very clear questions. As Senate, for the past three years, we have been saying that there is no need for spending nearly Kshs300 million for legal fees. I am sorry because most of us here are lawyers. You and the Senate Minority Leader are senior lawyers. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., is about to be a senior lawyer among all of us who are here. Is it not possible that the legal profession and the small coterie of lawyers are the CoGs’ lawyers? I have seen some of them bragging about how much money they have made in the short time in their lives. Is it not possible that the money they are making is a conduit for stealing public money so that there are kickbacks going back to counties? Is there a correlation that the current CoG Chairman has the highest contribution while the former Chairman of the CoG, who is the Governor for Bomet County spent Kshs28 million through the CoG’s Forum? Is it possible that the choppers they have been hiring and parking in their homesteads are being funded through these resources? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want to be given a clear breakdown. If, indeed, these are the kind of expenditures to be incurred without any support of the law, people must be charged in court. They must be charged and I second what the Senate Minority Leader said. We must be shown that Elgeyo-Marakwet County Assembly allocated Kshs6 million for the Governor of Elgeyo-Marakwet to spend, or Bomet County Assembly approved Kshs28 million to be spent. From there, we can follow up the issues to find out why the Controller of Budget allowed defraying of resources through items that are not devolved functions. It is only the devolved functions which are stated in Part 4 of the Fifth Schedule that can be financed. Lastly, I want to ask one question: When a governor is impeached or there is an attempted impeachment like that of your governor or the Governor of Embu,---"
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