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Supreme Court gives Senate powers to summon governors over audit queries


The Senate chambers during the pre-swearing sessions of the 4th Senate at the Senate grounds, Parliament buildings, Nairobi on September 7, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]Senators have won the battle to summon governors to answer questions on their expenditure of county revenue. “The Senate is constitutionally empowered to summon governors to appear before it or any of its committees for purposes of answering questions and providing requisite information. There is no doubt that the Senate has fundamental roles of governance concerning counties,” ruled the court. “The fact that county revenue is locally generated does not remove it from the purview of Senate oversight role,” they ruled.


Source: Standard Digital October 08, 2022 17:01 UTC



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