{"id":695225,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/695225/?format=json","text_counter":1356,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"was paid as rent. We were further informed that Kshs41 million was spent on renovating the Governor’s offices. These three figures amount to about Kshs80 million which if there was real prudence, it would have constructed a new county office. It grieves me to see that the County Government spent Kshs29 million in renovating a house that did not belong to the County Government. It was private property. However, looking at all these violations under the Constitution, it takes us to the case of Chepkwony that this Senate eloquently looked at. Does this amount to gross violation as stipulated under the Constitution, Article 181? I think these are violations that can be dealt with clearly by our Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments (CPAIC). I hope that they will make a finding and surcharge the Governor the Kshs29 million spent on a property that does not belong to the County Government. Under the Chepkwony case, it was clearly stated that the violation must have led to harm, loss or damage to the society and it must show a nexus between the violation and the Governor. Third, the violation must have led to a loss of dignity in the ---"}