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    "content": "and Investments Committee (CPAIC) with very many counties including Busia. There is no single county without this problem of pending bills. Concerning the issue of county assemblies, we have had county assembly committees who have requested to sit with CPAIC because they have made recommendations that have been ignored by the executive. In committing this petition to the relevant committee, one of the resource persons we should endeavor to call in the committee sitting should be the county assembly committees. If a petition has been executed, why are these decisions being ignored? We have the case of Siaya County in CPAIC. They came and told us of a decision they took as a county assembly committee and it was ignored. There is a problem around the country of ignoring the decision of the county assemblies and their committees. These petitioners have done the right thing. They had gone to the assembly as the primary area for petition. However, it did not work out. Therefore, in dealing with this petition, we should help the county assemblies to ensure their decisions are adhered to by the county executive. We need to set these systems rolling. Again, the one reason why these petitioners are bitter is because we have had upside down priorities in the spending of money in many counties. We have had billions being sent to the Council of Governors’ office (CoG) at Delta House that are not even provided in law. Yet, there are suppliers who have done work in the counties and have not been paid. This is something we have to deal with. One can understand the fever and the pressure they have. The elections are around the corner and they know what will happen to the monies they have worked for. Moving forward, we must look as a Senate on how we deal with local revenue. The CoG has said that the one issue that has contributed to pending bills is the fact that monies are disbursed late by the National Treasury. However, when we sit with the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, we also hear the issue of local revenue collection in the counties. There is no county operating at optimum. These are some of the issues we need to look at. I congratulate the petitioners and I hope the direction that you gave of 60 days will be adhered to. The other history we have with petitions is that they take too long and lose meaning. I hope the committee that gets this will expedite it, get the action and report out on time."
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