Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 843874,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/843874/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 169,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13125,
        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
        "slug": "dullo-fatuma-adan"
    },
    "content": "(9) That the process in its current form potentially exposes county revenue to the risk of misuse and essential public service to unregulated capture by private entities and poses a health risk to the people of Isiolo County. Consequently, the County Assembly finds itself unable to oversight itself over what is happening within the Assembly. Madam Temporary Speaker, one of the issues raised by the County Assembly is that there is misappropriation and mismanagement of finances at the county level yet the County Assembly cannot oversight itself. That is a challenge that we need to look into as a Senate. (10) In exercise of my constitutional functions, my Office sought responses and action from the County Executive Committee and the County Assembly of Isiolo concerning the above PPP process and the audit queries that normally we present to the counties. (11) That the response of the County Executive Committee to my Office’s concern was to dismiss the oversight role of the Senate and Senators. The Governor stood up and said publicly that the role of the Senator is to make laws in Nairobi and not to oversight the county governments. He said that it is only the County Assembly that can oversight the finances allocated to them. Madam Temporary Speaker, my concern is also drawn to the health insurances that counties are getting into without being regulated by the Senate and the Government. I think the Senate Committee on Health should look into these matters because several counties are coming up with health insurance schemes without guidelines yet the Senate is just sitting back and watching. This House needs to be taken seriously. The universal healthcare will be rolled out in November, yet the Senate has not been involved. This is something that the Committee on Health seriously needs to take up and tell us where we are headed; which is the role of Senators in terms of universal healthcare. The matter on the role of the Committee on Health also came up in the Senate Business Committee (SBC) meeting today. We need to take serious action on this. (12) That the County Executive Committee firmly believes that the Senate and Senators have no role in exercising oversight in such manner. (13) That the Governor claims that the County Assembly is the only organ or institution to play the oversight role. (14) That I have no mandate to oversight the Assembly expenditure. I therefore implore the Senate to- (i) affirm its constitutional functions under Article 96 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010; and (ii) restate and assert its oversight role vis-à-vis county governments in order to eliminate any potential misunderstanding of the oversight role of the Senate and Senators. Madam Temporary Speaker, according to me, there is a lacuna in terms of how we should relate and oversight counties. There is the feeling by governors that only county assemblies can take oversight role in terms of budgetary allocations to them. According to me, from what I have learnt in the current scenario in Isiolo, some of the county assemblies do not have capacity to look at major Memoranda of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.  "
}