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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand guided. The reason why I was narrating that way was to save time because I am conscious that we are behind time. I am sure a number of Members may want to contribute. I wanted to run through quickly to avoid inputting a lot of material around it. With your permission, may I mention the last two? I will not refer to them specifically but in a wider way so as to save on time. First, there is necessity to consider the widening of the scope of the Bill. One of the areas where personally I think is important is to look at this expanded mandate and requirement is, for example, to the extent whereby governors will be required before exiting office to hand over a clean, clear report on the assets and liabilities of the county. The assets and liabilities of a county is actually the balance sheet of the county. If a person is told to hand over a firm without a balance sheet that says that this is what we have, that is a failure. It is within this ambit that I hope that this can be expanded to request the input of the minds of the various Senators because we have the advantage of having very well endowed people. The assets and liabilities requirement is also important that a clean report on the finances of that county is handed over. We do not want to have a governor who incurs debts upon debts or misuses funds and then gets away with it or just hands over a blind report. Further, it is important that a requirement is made in these amendments that the handing over of those assets and liabilities be accompanied by a clean report on the expenses and the whereabouts of the funds that have been allocated to a county. Finally, I envisage that we will not have a vacuum in the office of the governor by specifying the term of office a governor will run from the day when the governor is elected into office until the day when the governor-elect is sworn into office. That specific requirement is important to avoid a vacuum. Also, on the question of how this committee will be financed, we have proposed that the financing be drawn from the county itself. As Members will remember, the 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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