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    "content": "the County Assembly Public Accounts Committees. This is a matter that is still alive. I understand that there is a matter that is in court to try and alienate where the Senate starts and where the county assembly ends. There was also debate on who should appear before the Committee; whether it should be the governor or the accounting officers. This was settled by the High Court, which made it clear that governors, as Chief Executive Officers, have a duty to appear before Senate. The work of the Committee was delayed for more than ten months due to court cases that barred the Committee’s power to summon witnesses. Madam Temporary Speaker, we also noted that that the Office of the Auditor- General is not adequately funded to carry out its mandate. The Committee proposed amendments to the law to actualize the provisions of the Constitution on the powers of Parliament and its Committees to summon, compel attendance and production of documents by witnesses. This led to certain amendments to the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act which now gives Parliament and its Committees very clear-cut guidelines and powers with regard to summons of witnesses. Finally, the Committee recommends an oversight structure that enables individual Senators to effectively carry out their oversight role in their counties. A lot of the issues that the Committee shall be reporting to the House are those that could have been dealt with if there was a proactive oversight mechanism where the Senator is engaged. That is the reason we attempted to establish the County Oversight Monitoring and Evaluation Fund, which has fallen into headwinds. Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to move that the House adopts the Motion on the adoption of the CPAIC Report on the Financial Operations of Kajiado County Executive for the Financial Year 2013/2014. I request Sen. Olekina, who is a Member of the Committee, to second the Motion. 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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