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    "content": "responsibility is to oversight national Government, should also continue borrowing from us. Our Members of Parliament and the rest should also do what we are doing as far as the national Government projects are concerned in their Constituencies. If we must be effective, we must not be kept scattered. Let us focus on how much money we have put to our counties. For example, Kshs36 billion has been put in Kakamega and they could have collected another 15 billion in the last four years. So, cumulatively, they have about Khs50 billion to Kshs60 billion. I could ask Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale if he is convinced that Kshs50 billion or Kshs60 billion that was put in Kakamega in the last three and half years, if he could see projects worth Kshs50 billion if he goes around the county. Those are the questions we need to ask ourselves. Mombasa County collects a lot of money. We give them about Kshs4 billion a year. If you multiply it by the four years we are talking about--- they have got Kshs16 billion; that is over Kshs30 billion. Can we be shown projects that can be said Governor Joho has worked on? If Governor Joho is going to be defeated tomorrow, is there any project that you can say he initiated and this is his legacy? These are the things that are supposed to guide us, as a Senate, as we provide the oversight. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to ask the Senators that we accept to postpone our recess for another one week so that we can prepare a proper template. We also need to pass legislation that is in place, prepare ourselves well for the two weeks recess and use those two weeks to organise barazas in every part of this country. Let governors in every corner of this country and Members of County Assembly in the wards in this country feel the heat of oversight of this House. This will enable the people of Kenya to benefit from devolution and feel the impact of oversight that comes from this House. Finally, I want to appeal to my colleagues that we postpone our recess for another one week; go for recess for two weeks and come back and review it early November. We should think about oversight in our counties and exchange strategies. By December, we should saturate this country with serious oversight on devolved resources so that we can have collective impact as a Senate on the role of this House in as far as accountability of our country is concerned. I beg to move and ask Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. to second."
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