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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.56(1)(b), I wish to present a Statement relating to the activities of the Senate CPAC for the period commencing 11th February, 2025 to 30th April, 2025. It is important to note that those are the dates from which the committee was reconstituted to the end of the third quarter."
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"content": "During the period under review, the committee held a total of eight sittings that included election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, consideration of its work plan and interrogation of reports of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of various county executives."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, on 1st October, 2024, the High Court in the Republic versus Nairobi County City Assembly and Musumba and four others, Ex Parte Application E082 of 2023, 2024, delivered a judgment which materially affected the mode of operations of the CPAC."
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"content": "In light of the above mentioned judgment, the Committee was thereafter compelled to prepare and table its reports for Financial Year (FY) 2023/2024 by end of March, 2025, which were debated and approved by the Senate on Thursday, 27th March, 2025."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, since this Statement is restricted to 30th April, perhaps this will come in the next report because subsequently in May, Justice Aburili delivered a ruling on that matter and we shall update the House appropriately."
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"content": "Taking into account the constitutional timelines provided for in Article 229(8), the Committee invited 18 governors or county entities to appear before it and requested the rest to submit written management responses. Out of the 18 governors invited, only four appeared before the committee. The committee remains deeply concerned by the growing trend of governors failing to honour invitations to appear before Senate committees without offering any justifiable reasons, a practice that amounts to contempt of Parliament."
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"content": "In light of this, the Senate should consider exploring avenues for amending the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, 2017 to introduce stricter penalties, including"
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"content": "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": "fines, imprisonment or other punitive measures to safeguard the authority and dignity of Parliament. From experience, governors are happy to pay the Kshs500,000 fine and go scot-free."
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