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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we came to the Senate, one Bill that was to compel all the elected leaders to sit once in a month or quarterly was the famous Sen. Sang’s Bill. The County Development Board Bill would bring together the National Assembly Members, Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) and the previous leaders - who have an interest for the county - for a meeting to look at the agenda and approve the development agenda per year, noting that the Senator has worked tirelessly to bring certain amounts of money. The people in the counties, looking at the poverty level, would be ambitious to come up with grand plans to eradicate all those problems at a go without knowing that the funds is the limiting factor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that Bill was great. Today, a few of them have regretted, particularly our colleagues in the National Assembly who sided with the governors when they were competing with the Senators as to how the Bill could be implemented. Many issues have arisen in our counties. When you drive along the county roads, you see some developments that you wonder why they are there. As Sen. Wako said, we have faithfully been sitting in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) looking at the Auditor-General’s Report for the year 2013/2014. As they come, a lot of scenarios are seen from every county. One overriding factor is that they say they broke all the procurement laws because they did not have the staff capacity. They allege that they inherited weak staff from the local authorities and that next time, they will not repeat. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you look at the expenditure incurred, you will be shocked. These are some of the things that are coming out which will make the work of the Senate more needed than ever before. As we push for another week to carry on with business, a number of Bills and Statements relating to security are still pending. Sen. Murkomen had a challenge along the River Kerio. There has been a lot of insecurity in some areas that requires serious attention. We, as leaders from the region, have agreed that we must all go and appear before our people and show the solidarity that, we do not want to hear those types of things happening again. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, may I commend the leadership of Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu and Baringo counties for the challenge they took early last year to move from one place to another, talking to the residents. There were many cases of cattle 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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