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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me, first of all, acknowledge the good work that Sen. Dullo has been doing for the people of Isiolo County. If it was not for her diligence in ensuring that those people get their services - that those hospitals which are now shut are opened so that the people get services - we would not be discussing this matter. This is unprecedented. This is the first time that your Chair has almost censured a sitting governor. This House protects devolution. The framers of the Constitution gave this House powers to ensure accountability, a fiduciary responsibility on those who are given that responsibility by the citizens. I sit in the Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds (CPIC). It is quite sad because our job is very simple, to ensure that we take these governors to task in ensuring that they use the resources wisely. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to your Communication and I do not intend to vary your Communication. It is well thought out, but I think we have got the powers in this House. Article 125 of the Constitution and our Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, Section 18 and 19 gives us that power. We have fined this governor Kshs1 million, I think twice now and we want to know whether he has paid that to the Clerk of the House. We have a police station which is domiciled in the precincts of Parliament. Why can we not authorize that? I know the law does not allow us to direct the Inspector- General of Police, but I believe that the powers given to us by Article 125 of the Constitution, that when we sit, we sit like a High Court; we can be able to compel that witness to appear. In the last Parliament, we worked closely with the Ministry of Finance and we were able to stop certain funds from going to a particular county. I think that with the position of the Speaker and the powers given to this House, we can be able to take the same direction. Article 225, lays out the procedure on which the Cabinet Secretary can stop funds but this time around, we have got to think outside the box. We have got to be unorthodox in our thinking in order to defend devolution. We have to find a way to stop those funds and whoever is protecting this individual - because he boasts around and says that he is untouchable - must also take judicial notice that in this country, in this Senate, we will demand accountability. The only way that we can be able to ensure the people of Isiolo get their services is if we all suspend any other business today and we deal with this matter. We can censure that governor even if he is not sitting here. We talk about the separation of powers between the three arms of Government. I believe, with the spirit of cooperation, that we can be able to engage these other two arms of Government; the Executive and the Judiciary to come up with a methodology in which we can be able to demand that this individual is brought to this House, this individual is penalized and the people of Isiolo can get their services. Yesterday, I was watching a video of a young lady in Isiolo who was taken to hospital. She was in the Intensive Care Unit for 25 days and she was asked to go home because the hospital was closed. Seriously? We can sit here as Senators and allow devolution to die, allow people to thumb chest and say that they are untouchable? I think it is about time that we remind these governors that power is transient. Today, you are so powerful, tomorrow you are nothing; literally nothing. Just to use a Swahili word, “ Hii ni dhuluma .” This guy is so drunk with power, that he is humiliating his citizens. He was not elected to go there and make people suffer. We must remind these people that power is transient and that this Senate is powerful. We have been reminded so many times that we are powerful. We are going to be sitting here tomorrow discussing the issue and impeachment of a Deputy President and you still say that we do not have power? Let us use this police station which is domiciled in Parliament. We should not just see police here, trying to protect Parliament. The only way you can protect devolution is by making sure that you call these people to account. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Finally, I want to request the Inspector-General of Police, who I believe is a fine gentleman, who I believe is someone who is committed to ensuring that there is discipline in this country; to expeditiously go and make sure that that Governor is taken to jail. You cannot violate Section 19 of the Parliamentary Power and Privileges Act. You cannot violate someone from this Senate and you continue there and yet this is the same Senate that is fighting for you to get money. Seriously! That is completely ludicrous. I hope that everyone here and today, let us not talk about anything else. Let us censure this person and make sure that we use all the powers that we have to make sure that the people of Isiolo get what is rightfully theirs. I thank you."
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"content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support the Communication that you have just made. It is, indeed, a very sad affair that we are chosen by the electorate---"
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"content": " What is so disorderly about Sen. Wamatinga, Senate Majority Leader?"
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, apologies to Sen. Wamatinga. I just wanted to request if you could guide us, given that this is a matter that many Senators will want to speak to. If you could provide guidance on time so that we give as many of our colleagues a chance to speak to it."
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"content": " Okay. Hon. Senators, we need not go on a vote on this. We can agree on a consensus. Three minutes? Three minutes? Three minutes it is. Sen. Wamatinga, your time starts running from now."
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"content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Indeed, when we campaign in this country, we promise all kinds of good things to our electorate. Unfortunately, when some of us get into office, they forget the very same things that they promised. I have heard from my neighbor here, the Senator of Isiolo County, about his frustration with the Governor of Isiolo County. He has issued many invitations, but none of them have been honoured. We are elected as leaders to sit down and listen to one another. At times, the issues that cause us to invite governors and other officials to appear before our committees are not intended to serve our interests, but the interests of the community and the society of Kenya. It is quite important that when we address such issues, we put mechanisms in place to ensure that such persons who do not honor the invitations of committees or the summons and that has happened quite several times. Some of them are known to be quite extreme because they perceive themselves to be demigods. It is imperative that this House acts and behaves in such a way to show such leaders that they are not demigods. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the minute that we realize we have been elected to serve Kenyans, that is the time that we will embrace servant leadership. It is quite unfortunate The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "that a governor who has been elected by the electorate of Isiolo and who had promised to deliver cannot even sit down with the Senator. This is the only way to ensure that we deliver services to our people through a collaborative participatory approach that requires the leaders to sit down together, listen to each other and come up with an amicable working solution that addresses the issue of our people. As a House, we can only be able to execute our mandate of oversight if we put instruments in place that will ensure that we do not remain toothless. It is quite unfortunate and sad that in the 21st Century, somebody who promised that he is going to deliver services cannot appear before this House. It is not that he is being asked personal questions, but issues of Isiolo County on governance, accountability and transparency. Mr. Speaker Sir, it is the high time that we show the world and the country that the Senators of this country mean business. We want to ensure that services are delivered to them. The only way to do that is to bite very hard. You have been saying that we can request the Inspector-General of the National Police Service (NPS) to bring such a person before the Committee. We must do it because if we fail to, the role that this House has been given by the Constitution of Kenya will remain unexecuted just because we have arrogant people---"
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"content": " Sen. Osotsi, proceed."
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