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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, most areas in Nyandarua receive a lot of rain, but there are some areas which are very critical, for example, Ndaragwa Constituency in the northern part of the county, which is dry most of the year. The people there complain about lack of water throughout. They keep requesting for a borehole which could cost maybe Kshs10 million. I know that over 16 billion has been disbursed to the county from the central kitty and yet, people in that part of the county are still complaining about lack of water. Some other well-wishers and I managed to get some donors to drill a borehole, while the governor keeps on giving excuses. Occasionally, in Nyandarua County and other places, the governor says it is not him who is responsible, but other members of staff. When the auditor goes around the counties, he knows who the person in charge of health is, in Mombasa, Homa Bay and so on. If the governor is not responsible for the mess, he should say who is responsible. Some governors claim that the Senators who are vying for governorship, like I am doing in Nyandarua, are against them because we are looking for votes. However, facts will remain facts. The current Governor of Nyandarua is my friend, but we have a job to do for the wananchi . Madam Temporary Speaker, in Garissa County there are no records. There is no excuse for that. The County Executive Committee (CEC) members were appointed within the county because they are qualified. You cannot appoint someone to be in charge of finance matters, for example, unless that person is well versed in matters finance. Therefore, the excuse that they did not know what they were doing is just a way of embezzling public funds. The bottom line as far as I am concerned is, in the case of Nyandarua County, that a total of Kshs657 million cannot be accounted for. This is because the work which was supposed to have been done has not been done and the money is not in the bank. That is why the Committee wants to know what happened to the funds. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would urge that this Report is adopted by the House without wasting much time, so that the investigations which are supposed to take place start early enough. If we keep on debating, the year will end and the Senate will have done nothing to protect the interests of the counties and the people, which is our mandate under Article 96. With those few words, I beg to support."
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