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    "content": "the last three or four months to the elections and launch projects left, right and center. I come from a county where bursay allocations have been done for the last three years, but no disbursements have been made. It is only the other day that we saw the county governments putting in place bursary structures in the counties and even releasing the bursary for only the current financial year. This is clearly aimed at hoodwinking the members of the public, so that the politicians can be reelected. The good news is that we are in a society that is now informed. Even in the most remote part of this country, members of the public are informed and will hold governors and county governments to account. Even as we get into the heat of the elections, county governments need to appreciate that within the design of the Constitution these are institutions for posterity. We should delink politics from the running of county governments. We do not want situation where the normal execution of duties of county governments are used for political expediency. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even in the apparent face of defeat, as it is in most counties, governors need to obey the Constitution and ensure that nothing comes between them and the execution of their duties. They need to pull behind a bit and allow county governments to run unaffected by the politics of the day. They should ensure that if they are doing politics it should be on the sides. Contractors who are given contracts in the past financial years are pushing very hard to retain these regimes that have perpetuated corruption in our counties. As Members of the County Assemblies run around campaigning for their reelection, we ask them to do their job to the last bit. Most Members in this Senate will be in the counties campaigning. However, we still have to do our job of ensuring that counties have the resources. As we pass this Bill, we ask our county assemblies and governors to ensure they play their respective roles. We do not want a crisis in our counties, where three months to elections, nobody goes to the office and nothing moves. In such a situation, we will have new county governments coming in and finding a totally collapsed system. Finally, governors should not over-commit our counties into a lot of debts. I feel for a number of new governors who will be coming in. They will inherit county governments heavily burdened by debts. County executives and county assemblies should bite what they can chew. As we move to the elections, let us be prudent and carry out our responsibilities diligently. I am happy as a Senator to continue to execute our mandate. I ask every other institution in the counties to carry out their responsibilities to the last day. Residents of various counties should elect leaders on the basis of integrity and track record, so that we get leaders who can move our counties to the next level. I am very optimistic that in the next county governments, we will have more prudent use of public resources, public participation and proper prioritization of projects so that the fruit of devolution is felt across the 47 counties. I ask all Members of this House to commit themselves to executing their responsibilities to the last day so that we leave this House comfortable that we did our job. I beg to support. 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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