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    "content": "he runs the further risk that he might be found to be unfit to hold public office and therefore runs the further risk of not being allowed to run for re-election in Kakamega. Generally, we also found that quite a number of things that we raised required immediate action from the DCI, the office of the DPP and from the EACC. We, therefore, request that these officers in these offices move in with quick speed. Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to make specific remarks on specific counties. I would want to make passing remarks on the County of Kiambu. As currently constituted, the County of Kiambu makes economic sense. Kiambu County is expected in the next 20 years to be collecting more revenue than it receives from the sharable revenue. I want to congratulate Gov. Kabogo because he has made huge strides towards this. He is one of the few governors who are now registering an increased performance in revenue collection when compared with what the defunct local authorities used to collect. However, that does not mean he has no transgressions. On the issue of employment of casual workers and payment of casual wages, Gov. Kabogo has done very poorly to the extent that in one instance the Auditor-General found that a total of Kshs6.8 million was paid during this year in respect of various low cadre workers who are involved in small jobs. However, when challenged to account for this money, he could not adequately convince us, forcing us to observe that the schedules supporting payments were not signed by the casuals at the time of audit. This means, therefore, Kshs6.8 million is paid out to people who have not signed and acknowledged that they were paid that money. We have been left with no option, but to direct that the Governor of Kiambu County be investigated and be made to refund the Kshs6.8 million. Further, pending the findings of that investigation, he be prosecuted. I saw him screaming in the newspapers and I said who told him not to clear himself when we gave him a chance. Madam Temporary Speaker, in Kiambu there is an issue of unsurrendered books. We found that in Ruiru Sub-County Kshs8.49 million had been collected using receipt books that were not accounted for. So, millions are collected and the money which is collected is pocketed in the evening and nobody accounts for it yet Governor Kabogo expects that we should forgive him. I want to tell him “sorry”. He has to report to the Ethic and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Criminal Investigations and clear his name and that is our recommendation. Madam Temporary Speaker, so that I am not seen to be dwelling too much on Kiambu, allow me to make a comment on Tana River. There is a marginalised community in Tana River that should have benefited from devolution but what did the governor do when he came to office? There is the issue of procurement of laptops, iPads, X-ray machines, ultrasound machines and public address systems worth Kshs45.8 million. When we challenged the Governor, you cannot believe what he told us. He said that he want Senators to forgive him because he could not account for the Kshs45.8 million. He admitted that his county experienced challenges in attracting experts in the relevant fields of expertise. He is a man found to be qualified to be a governor under Article 179 of the Constitution. He told us that he abused Kshs45.8 million because he did not get the expertise. Who told him that that he was supposed to hire only people from Tana River? He was free to go to Ugenya which is a boiling pot of experts and they would have gone and 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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