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    "content": "have accepted it and I have never accepted that. So, I want that clarification to be on record. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to state here that where there are public or political functions, whether they are party or related, that does not qualify for any withdrawal of resources from the public coffers. That is purely a party matter and it should not go to the account of any local authority anywhere in this country. If that happens, then that individual local authority must be held accountable with the individuals involved and they refund the money in question. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the night out for the councilors, there is a slight variation. It also depends on the distance that is in involved. Basically, if it is not too far, the allowance per councilor is about Kshs6, 000 per day. I now want to come back to the point. In the case of Thika, we are watching very closely. I am ready and I have even asked the auditors to go and verify if there was any expenditure surrounding the Blue Post meeting that was incurred by that council. If the auditors bring evidence that there was such expenditure, those culpable will be surcharged. Finally, I want to say that as the Minister for Local Government, I talked to hon. Nguyai as the Assistant Minister for Local Government and told him that he was out of order to have written this letter. In the interest of moving forward, he also acknowledged that he should not have written this letter. I think we are decent people and that communication has gone to my colleague who is also a noble hon. Member of Parliament. I believe that this matter should rest at that."
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