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    "content": "with a legislation to fill in these gaps, he or she must be supported. When you look at the impeachment process, the Senate looks at the facts and comes up with the conclusion on behalf of Kenyans.Some gaps in law are such that a case can stall at the Judiciary for two years with no decision. Sometimes I wonder whether the Chief Justice has conscience. The Chief Justices in this country hide and claim they do not control the work of the judges. However, the Chief Justice is the one who holds the policy of the Judiciary. Is the Chief Justice comfortable when a case of an impeachment of a governor is delayed and the electorate in county does not know who their rightful governor is? A year lapses and the Chief Justice is not disturbed. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this morning, in our County Public Accounts and Investments Committee meeting, we resolved that the Chief Justice himself must appear before us. The judges have individual responsibilities on the cases before them but they should consider what the judicial policy is. Is it right that a case of corruption or impeachment stalls in court for almost two years? These are some of the things we want to bring to an end. The cases coming before the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee have convinced us that the assemblies as constituted now are totally incapable of carrying out their oversight role. This is why you will see more legislations of this nature trying to tighten the governance in this country. The governors sit with some consultants and generate the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) but the people are not consulted at all. The leadership in the county is also not consulted and the governor ends up doing what he wants. When some few governors do things the right way and take them to the assemblies, they find incapable county assembly members who do not know what the matters are all about. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I heard the Member who spoke earlier talk about the various corruption cases in this country. It looks like everything is done with illiteracy. If anything, we have reached a stage where we seem to celebrate the people who have stolen more money. This must be brought to an end. At least, the Senate will do the best it can to stop the trend in the counties. We have a duty, as a Senate, to make sure that these gaps are filled. Once again, I congratulate Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for coming up with this piece of legislation."
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