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    "content": "governor for Migori was then the Chairman of the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB). I did a lot of work with him, for him and for KSB because he told me he believed in the fight against corruption. However, we have gone to Migori and the picture we have found is total opposite of what the Governor for Migori had painted to me. Migori is the place that the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga fought so hard for in this country to become equal to Kiambu or Nairobi; but now when given their resources, the Governor for Migori has refused to manage the money with the prudence that is required. He has decided to raid the county treasury through imprest. Millions of shillings go unaccounted for by way of imprest. We struggled and managed to pin him down on Kshs29,392,000. We have recommended that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) should investigate and ensure that this money is not only refunded but as our Chairman likes to put it, it should be refunded with interest at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) rates. Investigations should be done with a view of prosecution and imprisonment. Madam Temporary Speaker, still on this issue of imprest, we found a further Kshs14.6 million had just disappeared. So, when the governor says that we were playing politics in the Senate, what did he expect us to tell this plenary? That the Auditor- General found imprest missing and that we called the governor to come and discharge himself, and that he failed to do so; and then we tell this House that we have forgiven him? What does the Governor for Migori expect us to do? He wants to cause you to cast aspersions against us. We did not get the Kshs29 million. Similarly we did not get the Kshs14 million. So, the only reasonable thing is; pay the money, be investigated, prosecuted and answer for it. As if that was not enough, the auditor then found that his governor has a habit of making payments that are not supported. He found that the governor bought drugs from the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) worth Kshs14.6 million and unfortunately, there was no distribution schedule to show where the drugs were meant to go, which health center, dispensary, sub-district or hospital in Migori. What is more? There were no records to show the delivery. When pressed to produce these records, the governor could not. The Auditor- General had failed to verify existence of such records. So, we were left with no option other than to recommend that Governor Obado faces the EACC to explain whether he paid KEMSA Kshs14 million for purchase of drugs, and if he did, where were they delivered? If they were delivered, where is the evidence? He might very well have bought and those items might have been delivered in private hands; private clinics, hospitals and laboratories. He must answer for this. We will not stop there. As if that was not enough, the way the Governor for Migori purchases fuel used on road works is amazing. He purchases it the way my mother, Mama Paulina Shinangoi, used to purchase paraffin that we used to put in the little Koroboi. In our home, we used to use a little thing called Koroboi. So, my mother could buy that little paraffin and put it in and we could use it. Governor Obado thinks it is buying paraffin for Koroboi . He does not know that we are talking about use of Kshs4.5 million on buying fuel which we found that he could not account for. Therefore, we have said the governor must refund this Kshs4.5 million and further be investigated why he attempted to say Kshs4.5 million was 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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