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• 17 May 2021 in Senate: They gave us a chart to show improvement on their maternity; the status of maternal health care for its people. They also gave a mitigation on issues dealing with COVID-19. Mr. Speaker, Sir, they were not able to procure spare parts for their machine that broke down from South Africa due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The other allegation was that there is a medical practitioner who passed on due to lack of oxygen in the hospital. The defense in response to this allegation was given to the Committee by Dr. Dahir Somow who is the County Director of Health Services. ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: 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. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Therefore, on the credibility of the witness, the Committee was not convinced how a statement that was bearing the stamp of EACC, stamped January, 2019, could have been obtained from the bank during the month of April, 2021. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: On the empirical evidence that was placed before us, it was the contention of the county government of Wajir that health had improved on antenatal clinics from 49.2 per cent in 2017 to 86.1 per cent in 2021. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: He also stated that there had been an increase in the number of children getting immunization for Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT) vaccines from a low of 62.7 per cent to 75 per cent. He also noted that in terms of skilled birth attendants, the ones that give birth at hospitals, they had increased from a low 19 per cent to a high of 49 per cent. Before I finish, they also submitted that the issue of health is facing a challenge from the Managed Equipment Services (MES) because they are forced to procure spare parts from a particular company ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we tried to seek from the witness the source or the person who gave him copies of those statements, and that was not proved. Also, the Committee took note of the fact that if this matter has been pending with EACC for a period of two-and-a- half years, it is that particular body that can give a proper status on what is the status of any investigations, if any, against the First Lady of the County of Wajir. Therefore, all those allegations of abuse of power and authority were not proved and the same were thus not ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Before I finish, there is another issue that arose on public participation. The Committee made an observation that on recall for elected Members of Parliament, Senators and MCAs, the citizens cannot successfully prosecute a recall clause unless they collect signatures from the citizens of the either the county ward, the constituency or the county. We made an observation that going forward, this House should consider that the task of impeaching governors should not be left solely at the discretion of MCA. There should be a law that obligates those who are proceeding with impeachment motions against governors to collect signatures ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: On the second allegation on Violation of Article 73 (2) (b) of the Constitution, without going into details, this is an Article dealing with Chapter 6 of our Constitution on issues of impartiality, nepotism and the likes. On this particular allegation, the Committee was of the view that no evidence was tendered before the Committee. There was no proof of any nepotism from the part of His Excellency the Governor. Therefore, this particular allegation was not proved and substantiated. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the third allegation, Violation of Section 53 (1) (b) of the County Government Act, 2012, the Committee finds that this allegation was not proved and, therefore, the Committee returns a verdict that the same was not substantiated. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we want to make some observations to the House. That, some of the charges relating to abuse of office relate to violations of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act and the Public Finance Management Act. The Committee noted that the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act is a stand-alone Act that has very detailed procedures on how procurement is done in public offices. This includes putting in place tender committees in a process that a signature of an accounting officer brings to an end the whole circle of procurement. view