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    "id": 943027,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "There is good reason for people to say that each committee follows through the implementation of the agendas that are before. However, given how busy, for example, this particular Committee is, I want to know what it is in terms of proposals that we are able to consider and do, so that we ensure that if a specific county has been directed to carry out a particular exercise, they will be able to do that. As it is today, that is not clearly spelt out for us. What is the rate of compliance? That is the question. If I am asked to reduce my point of argument to one simple sentence I would ask: what is the compliance level to our resolutions of the House for this Report and those that have previously come before us? Many of the resolutions are quite far-reaching, and if they were adhered to, we would address all these issues of pilferage of public resources and counties struggling with huge wage bills and unpaid debts; collapsing the businesses of many of our young people and women. I urge my colleagues that this is an issue that we need to seriously deliberate, think through and give a proposal on how we think we can make it better. I must commend this Committee. Despite the enormous responsibility that is bestowed upon them, you can clearly see that there is an attempt and effort to try and catch up where there is a lot of backlog and work. It will be interesting to note that in each of the 20 counties that have been featured in this Report, there are very adverse findings that are being mentioned about the various departments of a specific county. Many are the times when we speak as the Senate that our attention is only focused on the county governor. I understand the implication because this is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the county and the person responsible for giving directions to a specific county on all matters of leadership. However, it will also be more important - and I suggest this to the Committee - that where they find a particular County Executive Committee (CEC) Member culpable, let him or her be mentioned and barred from holding public office. Let people tremble. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we speak about this, my mind is still stuck on one of the things that the Governor of Murang’a, who is also the Vice-chair of the Council of Governors (CoG), said about this Senate, which we must dispel. If we do not do so, it leaves it as scar on our records. While comparing the current Senate and the previous one, Gov. Mwangi wa Iria is on record as having said that previously when governors were summoned to appear before this House, they would tremble and even file a sick charge, and that kind of a thing. However, nowadays, when they come, everything is okay. They feel as if they have been invited to a hotel. That is a challenge that has been left to us. I do not buy his assertion. I did not insinuate that the Committee has made it light for our governors to appear before it. Until we have a report here because many governors and their County Executive Committee (CEC) members fight over World Bank resources, they should be barred from holding public office. If after carrying out investigations and requesting for document which are not availed, the Committee should recommend that so-and-so should be barred from holding any public office. The recommendation should be approved by this House so that it serves as a lesson. If that is the case, it will remove from the minds of Kenyans the assertions that were made by this particular governor. They do not have to do it in a hurry and neither are we forcing them to find fault where there is none. 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."
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