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    "content": "recess scheduled to commence on Friday 14th October, 2016 be deferred to start on Thursday 20th October, 2016 and accordingly, for the Senate to adjourn on Wednesday 19th October until Tuesday 1st November, 2016 when the sitting will resume. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the Senators for their dedication and commitment to public service. The period of recess was interrupted more than thrice for purposes of performing important public duties. I remember that we had to come back to discuss an important matter in relation to the Nyeri County and the Nyeri Governor in particular. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before, we also had to come back to pass some critical legislations. As I stand here, I would like to request the Senators that although our calendar requires that we commence recess as from tomorrow, the business before us is critical because it is about important Bills. Some are critical in so far as the running of the counties is concerned. Others have national as well as international interest. The matters are in relation to physical planning, county governments and self-help groups. There are key issues and Bills. In order to facilitate the processing of those Bills and Motions, particularly the Divisions on various Bills, I request the Senators to support this Motion in order to enable us continue with Business for the next one week so as to pass these legislations. As I do so, I remind the Senators that we only have less than a year to serve in the 11th Parliament. In the 12th Parliament, our colleagues, most of whom are sitting here, have provided statements of intention that they would wish to serve in different capacities; some in the National Assembly, some as governors and others wish to exit the Senate, like Sen. Billow who wishes to serve in other capacities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, therefore, we have less than one year to continue performing a critical responsibility and leaving a legacy in this House in so far as legislations and oversight roles are concerned. I thank the Committee Members in this House and particularly the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) led by Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o for working tirelessly through the entire period that we were on recess. I remember meeting Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale several times in the precincts of Parliament. They dealt with a backlog related to accountability in counties. We have a problem in our counties. The problem within our counties is neither Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) nor Jubilee’s. It is uniform whether in the counties led by CORD’s governor or Jubilee’s. We have problems of accountability in our counties. May I use my county as an example. The Elgeyo Marakwet county has so far has received over Kshs12 Billion. Out of this, it is expected that if you were to share the money equally, every sub-county would received Kshs3 Billion. If it were to be shared equally, every ward would have received about Kshs800 Million. If you take this Kshs800 Million for example in Embobut Ward, where I come from, after subtracting the recurrent expenditure you will find that in that ward, there is an absolutely no services provided. Embobut Ward is one of the most marginalised wards in the Republic with no allocation for a road meant to be a county road. It is about 10 Kilometres of a road that would have served a marginalised sub-location. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you ask yourself whether it was not possible that Kshs200 million in four years would have been spent in the ward to carry out development. That is 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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