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    "content": "spend on hiring the children of this family, that village and that location so that the people can appreciate what recurrent expenditure does. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, this is an election period and we are moving towards an election year. We have only 12 months to the next elections. The greatest worry people have is that in an election year, there is a possibility that their money will be used for campaigns. This is because perhaps people believe that they may never be County Executive Committee (CEC) members or Chief Officers (COs) in future and this could be their last time working for the county. If the county assemblies are not going to carry out proper oversight, there is a genuine fear that resources will be misused. Therefore, it gives us reason, as a Senate, to continue emphasising that there is need for facilitation of Senators. Sen. Kagwe who is now consulting loudly had said earlier that it is a paradox that all the elected officers are facilitated to carry out their responsibilities except this House. The Women Representative of Elgeyo-Marakwet County has two vehicles at her disposal any time she wants to reach any corner of the county. She has enough resources to organise for sports activities for affirmative action functions to support women. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a friend of mine who is a Women Representative of a neighbouring county of Sen. Sang mobilised people and gave out bursaries to over 300 children from Nandi County. When we go to the counties, people tell us that women representatives are giving bursaries. If a women representative who does not preside over allocation of such amount of money to go to the county gives can give out bursaries, what is your role as a Senator? They even ask why you do not have officers around who can attend functions and explain some of the responsibilities. They also wonder why we cannot even organise a public sitting for them to tell us their problems. You do not have resources to even put up a tent and seats so that people can come and sit with you and listen to the things that we do for this country and for our counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a genuine concern for facilitation of the Office of the Senator to carry out oversight responsibilities and representation. Representation is not just coming to speak in this House or in public platforms but being able to do meaningful representation, backed up by listening to the concerns of the people. Going forward, if we want to strengthen the institution of the Senate to carry out the oversight and representation roles and proper legislation that is informed by the concerns of the locals, we must facilitate this House to be able to reach to the ground. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an election period. The Political Parties Act and the Elections Act say that six months before elections, all elected leaders or those vying for offices must not directly influence how resources are being allocated. This House must provide the mechanism within which the executive at the county level will continue running seamlessly without unnecessary influence of candidates who are aspiring to be elected, such as a CEC who is aspiring to be an MP or a governor who is aspiring to be a Senator or defend his seat. We must shield the locals from issues of resources or the offence of treating voters using county resources to influence a skewed allocation of county resources to areas you think you will get votes. We must be vigilant on that as House in our oversight responsibility, to ensure that equity and equitable distribution of resources goes on. 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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