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    "content": "When you read Chapter Six of the Constitution, you will find the answer. We must have borrowed the issue of petitioning and management of petition outcomes from some comparable jurisdictions. The Office of the Clerk and those who research for you have a duty to tell you--- This Petition from Bungoma, which Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has pointed out, carries outrageous and most blatant thefts of public funds that have ever been witnessed in this country. A young officer has an account that is used to pilfer money – Kshs314 million in two months. The girl’s account has a constant credit balance of Kshs5,000. This account has just been used to steal money. How do you countenance a situation where a governor buys what he described as anti-carcinogenic wheelbarrows at Kshs109,000 when they cost Kshs3,000, and when it is found out, he spends another Kshs1.3 million to investigate whether he was right or wrong in buying them in the first place? We must have a situation, like Sen. Billow has said, where the decisions of this House and its Committees must be seen to their logical conclusion. Now we are throwing this on the Table. The Clerk will forward to villagers, who are sufficiently vigilant, to bring the matter to the attention of the House, but where do they go? They will receive the report and that is the end of the matter, yet this institution, with our unlimited powers of oversight, can do a follow up and make sure that those found culpable are brought to book. This is not the only case. We recommended for prosecutions in Machakos and several other counties, but nothing has happened. Finally, I want to thank my Chairman, Sen. Billow, because as at today the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, has finalized each and every petition presented to us. Every report has been tabled. At the end of the day we will be told: “Forward the results to the petitioner.” That is not the intention, spirit and letter of the law."
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