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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we thought that governors would govern the counties well. They are Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) who are accountable to us. Tana River County contributed Kshs40 million to the CoG when our people are dying of hunger. Ours is one of the poorest counties in the country. We will not recover from poverty if we continue doing what we are doing now. I appeal to the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget to ensure that we do something because we should not encourage corruption. The other day, I said that this Senate is supporting corruption because we have never taken action to dehorn these people. Hon. Senators and governors are elected. In fact, I got more votes than my governor. Therefore, we must ensure that no single shilling goes to the counties before it is accounted for. I am mourning today. There is nothing more that I can say. We have to accept that we are the ones failing, not the governors, because we have given them these privileges."
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