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    "content": "has a right to petition this Assembly – there seems to be a failure on the part of county assemblies. You are on record, and I know you have been widely quoted in the media as challenging county assemblies to do their job of representation, oversight and legislation. I feel that a number of the issues raised in the Petition could have been dealt with at the primary oversight level, which is at the County Assembly. Be that as it may, I believe that the relevant committee shall do justice to this Petition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a citation that some items have been stolen from the County. You do not need the Senate to intervene in this. Go to the police and make sure that the theft is reported and investigated. However, the more complex issue and which maybe could be the first one for this Senate, is that you have a Deputy Governor who also doubles as the County Executive Committee (CEC) member for health. This could help in what the Deputy President talked about; the idleness and the devilish ideas that go into the heads of deputy governors whenever they are idle. However, when you give the deputy governor a substantive position, for example, to be in charge of health, the following question arises. If they fail to perform in that docket, how do you impeach the deputy governor? You can impeach a CEC, but a deputy governor is tied to the hip with the Governor. This will be interesting and we are waiting to see the recommendations that the Committee will raise. Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the petitioners have requested for a forensic audit. In the past, certain committees have requested for forensic audits from the Auditor-General and they have always cited limitation of funds. This Senate cannot carry out a forensic audit. It is time for us to figure out how we will establish an office of legislative audit that will give us the freedom and space to carry out performance and value based audits on demand. The law only obliges the Attorney-General to carry out financial audits. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Petition."
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