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    "id": 886225,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "projects in 14 out of the 30 wards have been funded up to 10 or 20 per cent but no funding is forthcoming for the other wards. They will then get the assurances that is needed from the County Executive Committee (CEC) member or they can be told that; ‘we did not have resources but be assured that those projects that are not funded will be given priority the minute we get funding’. Clause 15(1)(h) expects them to give a report that provides compliance with principles of sound management system which will help us know that the amount that we are spending and what it is going to cost us. Every MCA will be kept abreast with these developments. Clause 15(2) states that:- ‘It shall be gross misconduct for a county executive committee member to fail to report to the county assembly committee on the matters provided under subsection (1).’ Those are the things that have been listed. It states the projects that they have funded and how they are maintaining them. Clause 15(2) then provides that it shall be gross misconduct. The words ‘gross misconduct’ are extremely important because it provides grounds under which a county assembly can impeach a CEC. The debate that we had about Mombasa County is still fresh in our minds including the explanation that was given by the county executive. For the first time, we are drafting a law that spells out what gross misconduct is. I do not know if we have done that before and if we have, then I may not have picked it. Previously, we left it to imagination to a point where one can think that gross misconduct is when a CEC member abuses members of the public. However, in this particular legislation, there are about 11 counts that have been put forth and if a CEC member does not live to the dictates of this law, they shall be liable and can be taken before the county assembly and impeached on grounds of gross misconduct. That is important and needs to be hailed. Clause 16 speaks about the roles of the relevant committees of the county assembly."
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