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    "content": "called to such meetings, they wait for telephone calls from their bosses in Nairobi. We would like to hear firsthand information in terms of disasters and floods in the counties. The tie to it is the Section in the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act that governors told us that Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) have been taking lightly is the 2 per cent of revenue being targeted and set aside for disasters. It need not to be said that counties must prioritise disasters. We will also inform them on what we are doing with the Disaster Management Bill and what the intention is. In fact, we must go all the way and set aside a certain percentage of national revenue for purposes of disasters. Lastly, while interacting with them, now that we have given the assemblies Kshs1.7 billion extra for purposes of sitting allowances and committee allowances, they should know that we want to reduce the work that is with Sen. M. Kajwang', where he sits with his committee day in day out, doing menial jobs. This is the time to tell county assemblies that they must stand up to be counted. We want to make sure that they check the governors. If governors are not checked, Senators will have problems. We cannot continue having petitions coming here. Let us face the ladies and gentlemen out there whom we have given resources to check governors. The end must come. We need to have prudence in financial management and oversight. They need to know that the habit of “going to bed” with governors must end. That partnership can only be for good purposes. I hope MCAs of Nairobi will attend because we need to ask them very serious questions about what they are doing when all these things are happening because that is their work. We give them the highest budget but we get the poorest services in Nairobi. I am surprised he was rated with a score of I think D plus. He should have been given a Z or not rated because what was he being rated for doing? The trees in Nairobi are growing on their own and there is nothing he has done about it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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