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"content": " And that is my point. Therefore, the County Public Service Board is also largely controlled by the Executive. Now, in the spirit of good governance, there is a principle we call participation. Our Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) are involved in public participation during the budget process. The MCAs want to be responsive to their wards. However, their operations are curtailed because their salaries, petty cash, and benefits are administered through the Executive. By the nature of this Executive's governance today, they have used that lapse in law to control and manage the county assemblies. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is very bad in the spirit of this era where we are exercising good governance. You cannot be a good Governor if you do not give the freedom to those people who are supposed to be overseeing you. I would like to provide a clear example from our county, Meru. For almost two years, there has been no oversight, monitoring, or evaluation of what is happening. There is drama everywhere. The MCAs are divided simply because the Executive has taken control of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "finances. In leadership and governance, it is the control of finance that matters quite a lot. Once the Governor is in control of finances, the other matters are left now at the mercy of that Governor. It is high time that we support the MCAs in being autonomous in their operations so that they can effectively execute their representation and oversight for the benefit of the people they represent in every ward. If we need to cite an example of poor governance, we can conduct a case study of Meru County from 2022 to 2024. Then if you want to do a good study of good governance, we can start from last year up to now, where good governance and bad governance are very visible. For the first time, I would like to thank the Senate. It has taken them a considerable amount of time to act, yet these are the things they are supposed to be doing. What they have been doing, including trying to oversee the National Assembly, is wrong. I thank our Judiciary for setting a clear record. If the Senators are serious, they will now go back to work with the county assemblies to oversee the county executives. The dangling of carrots by county executives to MCAs will come to an end due to this Bill. There should be cooperation among those with oversight roles, including members of the National Assembly and MCAs. The MCAs will now have the freedom to serve our people without being controlled by the executive. With those few remarks, I support this amendment. Once again, I congratulate the Senate for the first time since I came to this House. This is the best thing they have done. Whatever they were doing in the past was entering into other guy’s territories and coming out naked. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": "(Hon. Owen Baya raised his hand)"
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"content": " Hon. Nyikal, you were next, but when those in the House leadership request for a chance, they somehow get certain preference. Hon. Baya, proceed."
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal spoke off the record)"
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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It comes with the office."
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"content": " Proceed, Deputy Leader of the Majority Party."
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