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    "content": "when Members of the National Assembly through the Committee on Delegated Legislation rubbished and annulled in entirety the regulations that we worked together to develop. We initially had these regulations under the Public Finance and Management Act (PFMA) but they told us that it was not the right way. Then, we had different arguments but we agreed that we anchor it under the Parliamentary Service Commission. When we did that, they took us back. That is why we are here today discussing regulations that were discussed mutually between the two Committees and the Houses, but they were rejected. We are giving the responsibility to this Committee to go and do a final attempt. What we are pursuing right now, it is unlikely that we shall achieve this and the current Senators will benefit from this Fund. However, we should not tire. We have to ensure that the next Senate will have this infrastructure. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a number of us in this House have expressed interest in shifting from the current position in the Senate to the counties. However, if I get the opportunity to serve as the Governor of the Nandi County, I would want to have a Senate as a House that is properly equipped with the necessary capacity to carry out oversight. I wish the Members of the National Assembly, Members of county assemblies and their executive arm will appreciate the role that monitoring and evaluation will do in the counties. I sponsored a Bill in this House; that is the County Development Boards Bill. Some of the issues that will send home most of the incumbent governors is the lack of the coordination and consultation and poor priorities in our counties. If the county development boards had been established, I can assure you that few of the Senators would have developed the intentions of vying for gubernatorial positions. It is most likely that the billions of shillings that were allocated to our counties would have been put into proper use. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, how useful is it for a county government to spend resources in buying curtains for hospitals when the same facilities do not have drugs? How does it make sense for a county government to spend millions of resources to buy ambulances to take people from the villages all the way to a referral hospital when their own county facilities are not working? How else will you ensure that quack doctors do not find their way into our county facilities? In the case of Nandi County, we were in the news for the wrong reasons. A quack doctor claims that he had performed various successful caesarean sections when the truth is that many mothers have suffered under the hands of this quack doctor. When a whistle- blower raised the issue that the person was not properly trained, the county government promoted him to the position of a medical superintendent. This kind of blatant disregard for the law can only be checked if this House is supported to do its work. The county assemblies have the legal infrastructure. They have the law on their side. Nobody has challenged the mandate of the county assemblies. However, they do not have the political muscle to hold governors accountable. They do not have the political muscle. In this House, the law is weak in terms of supporting this House to carry out oversight but we have the political muscle to hold governors accountable. That is why you have seen governors running around trying to use the law to avoid accountability by this House. 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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