{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=154639","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=154637","results":[{"id":1564572,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564572/?format=json","text_counter":399,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"Madam Speaker, I want to begin by thanking all the Senators who have made a contribution towards the Motion that is on the Floor of the House. I would like to emphasize only two things. Madam Temporary Speaker, you are a member of the Senate Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and you know that even the law that was cited in gazetting sittings outside the County Assembly premises was lacking in any legal basis. The Speaker cited Article 126(1) of the Constitution. You and I know that Article 126(1) makes reference to sittings of Houses of Parliament and under our Constitution, the only Houses of Parliament that are known in this Republic is the National Assembly and the Senate. Issues dealing with sittings of any county assembly outside the gazetted premises is governed by the provisions of Section 2(b) of the County Governments Act, which requires the county assembly to put a Motion on the Floor, pass a resolution before they proceed to sit in any sittings outside the county assembly gazetted premises. I agree with the committee when you make a finding on page 29, that any sittings that may have been held contrary to the provisions of Section 7(b) are invalid and contrary to the law. The amendment of Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda is simply to bring that finding of the Committee to be part of the interim Committee recommendation. It does not go contrary to the findings of the Committee. Secondly, it seems that the County Assembly of Nyamira, together with the County Government of Nyamira are running a criminal enterprise. There is no way you can use a team of 12 MCAs to sit outside the gazetted premises and pass a budget. You saw the report that was brought by the other 22 MCAs where it is alleged - and I am using the word carefully - that the governor is supporting some companies associated with a certain clique of MCAs that are aligned to him."},{"id":1564573,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564573/?format=json","text_counter":400,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, that does not support devolution. You hear allegations being made that businesses supposed to be done by youths in the County Government of Nyamira are being done by companies associated with a clique of a few MCAs. We have an obligation as a Senate to defend devolution and protect the resources we send to our counties. I fully agree with the amendments that were introduced and that have been approved by the House that EACC and DCI should pitch camp in Nyamira."},{"id":1564574,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564574/?format=json","text_counter":401,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"As you heard from the other team of MCAs, it is the governor who opts to send the approval of the budget to the group that illegally sits outside the County Assembly"},{"id":1564575,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564575/?format=json","text_counter":402,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"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"},{"id":1564576,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564576/?format=json","text_counter":403,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"premises. If we allow that to happen, then it would have been better to remain with the constitution that preceded 2010. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 was supposed to address impunity. What impunity can we talk of as a Senate, other than a situation where a county assembly holds sittings outside the parameters of the law; goes on to process a budget, appropriation is done and money withdrawn and we do not see arrests. That is the highest level of impunity."},{"id":1564577,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564577/?format=json","text_counter":404,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, if it can happen at the County Assembly, the national Government will also employ the same tricks where we will say a team of Members of the National Assembly can go and sit somewhere else, pass a budget and then money is withdrawn. I urge Government institutions that have been cited in this report, that is the DCI and EACC, to move to Nyamira as soon as yesterday and conduct investigations. Where arrests have to be made, let them be made and those who must face the full force of the law do so."},{"id":1564578,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564578/?format=json","text_counter":405,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"We are here to protect devolution. I have nothing personal against any group of MCAs or the Governor of Nyamira. It is in the interest of I, as Senator of Nyamira and the other Senators, to ensure we do not have a situation where impunity reigns in the County Government of Nyamira."},{"id":1564579,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564579/?format=json","text_counter":406,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"Finally, as late as yesterday, even after the initial recommendation that was made by the Committee, we are still having a situation where we have two sets of county assemblies, speakers, clerks and two maces in that Assembly. It is something that we cannot be proud of as Senate. We have a role of ensuring that there is sanity. If this persists, we should be more drastic in our recommendations and ensure that no funds will go to the County of Government of Nyamira if the governor does not put his Assembly in order. We cannot allow this degeneration of chaos and negative reporting every day about a great county as Nyamira."},{"id":1564580,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564580/?format=json","text_counter":407,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Omogeni","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13219,"legal_name":"Erick Okong'o Mogeni","slug":"erick-okongo-mogeni"},"content":"I thank you for protecting Dr. Matiang’i from the insinuations that were being made by Sen. Oketch Gicheru that he could be part of the enterprise of Governor Nyaribo. He is a clean man and we do not want him to be associated with the level of incompetence being displayed in the County Government of Nyamira."},{"id":1564581,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564581/?format=json","text_counter":408,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Tobiko","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to reply on behalf of the Chair and on behalf of the Committee. The situation in Nyamira is complex. As the House has now heard, the County Assembly is divided into two; one group is holding meetings outside the usual Chamber and the other team, with a sitting MCA purported to be a speaker and court rulings that seem to complicate the situation further. Members of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations have listened carefully to the contributions of Members. For the comfort of the many Members who have spoken passionately, the committee will take into consideration the views of the Members before doing the final report. The Committee is fully committed to"}]}