{"id":744444,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/744444/?format=json","text_counter":122,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"done a lot of work, generated a lot of Bills, Motions and Statements, some of which saw the light of day and a number of them remained in our sister House which is the “Lower House”. Almost every Senator here came up with a Bill and we have them there. I want to give a lot of commendation to Kenyans for electing the top cream of leaders to come to this House as the first Senate in the devolution era. I remember I brought about four of them, some having been deposited in the archives in the “Lower House”. It is a pity that our own House in Parliament which is supposed to be doing their own work has been faithfully pouring their business to this House. We have done a lot of justice to some of the Bills coming from the “Lower House”. The only one we can be proud of is the one that went compelling leaders in the counties to sit together; the famous Sen. Sang Bill. I note that Sen. Sang has decided to vie for the position of governor in Nandi County. I am hoping that he is going to actualize his own Act that was approved and put into action; that leaders of that county are supposed to be sitting together, from the Governor, Senator, Women Representative and everybody else, to agree on how the money assigned to that county can be utilized. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a sorry state that most of the Senators do not know how their money was spent and that is why we are left to grapple with the amount of audit queries that come to the Senate. The County Public Accounts and Investment Committee has been laboring on our behalf to work on that. It is a pity that some of the reports have not been tabled here--- I hope that even tomorrow some of them can be put on the Order Paper before we adjourn because they are ready. The Committee mentioned Standing Order No. 212 about County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC). Having sat there as a Vice Chairperson, I noted that some governors have simply been refusing to come. Some have notoriously been avoiding to appear by faking sickness and journeys; that they have travelled abroad or they have been called by the Council of Governors (CoG). It is not really good that people can evade duty. However, I also note that in today’s Order Paper No. 20, we were supposed to deal with the Parliamentary Powers and Privilege Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 35 of 2014) which has a cure for some of the governors who have been refusing to appear here. If that Bill is passed, we can easily be summoning them and if they do not appear, they are supposed to be delivered here. We have a challenge where the Inspector-General has been saying that we need to use our powers because we have that privilege. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) told us to see how that law can be brought. I now see it is here. Some of the Committees we have petitioned have come here, and they have been touching on the lives of Kenyans. The Finance, Commerce and Budget Committee has been receiving a lot of Petitions. It is a pity some of the Petitions are going to lapse and may be restarted after this. Fortunately, anything that touches on misappropriation of funds does not die. The life of Parliament can elapse, but the obligation does not. It does not matter where some of them will be, because they may be thinking that they have retired and are not going to be called. It is going to be very painful as some of them will be delivered to the Senate, the National Assembly or to the courts, especially those who will have refused completely to take responsibility."}