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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. From the onset, I wish to state that although I am a Member of the CPAIC and I am seconding this Report, I am disappointed.I have looked at the Report and I have seen that the people of Kilifi County lost millions of shillings. In fact, oncethis Report isadopted, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) should be looking at possible loss of finances from Kilifi County. Madam Temporary Speaker, looking at this Report, it was done by very able and distinguished Senators. We now have only one of them – Sen. Wamatangi –in our Committee. This is the problem we have when, as a Committee, we have to own up to a Report which was done but not adopted by the last House. When you look at the men and women who sat in that Committee, they are people I consider are of integrity. However, when you look at the final recommendations they came up with, I wonder why they should not have just recommended that the Governor of Kilifi County be prosecuted for misuse of public funds. How do you spend Kshs180 million for building your residence? How do you spend Kshs50 million for fixing your office? How do you spend Kshs30 million for legal fees, yet you are supposed to have a County Attorney? Madam Temporary Speaker, when you look at the observations of the Committee that did this work, they found out that most of the transactions which were being carried out in Kilifi were on restricted tendering. Kilifi is a very small county, if I may say. When they are supposed to benefit from the money which we send from this House, a huge chunk of it goes towards making the life of a few people look like demagogues.This is sad; I hope that the Secretariat will follow up certain recommendations. Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the recommendations was the amendment of Section 154(2)b of The Public Finance Management Act. That Committee sat,deliberated, interviewed and interrogated the governor. The staff should have ensured that they brought those amendments to this House. It is only good on paper. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am an extremist for truth and justice. It is very sad and I hate the fact that when someone has been tasked with a fiduciary responsibility by the people of that county, they end up using that position to make their life better, leaving the people they are supposed to serve suffering. This is a total disregard of the rule of law and the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. This is why I insist that this Senate should now be moving towards ensuring that the Auditor-General looks at the Public Audit Act. Section 62 of the Act is very clear that we cannot be looking at Auditor-General’s Report where he says that he was not provided with certain documents. 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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