Following the request by the Council of Governors to the Senate to suspend summons for governors over audit concerns, Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina has fired a warning at the CoG.
Ole Kina stated that the Senate does not take orders from anyone adding that its mandate is ensuring that all county bosses are accountable to the people of Kenya.
He reminded the governors who are accounting officers of their respective counties that, as Senate, they play their oversight role as stipulated by law noting that they have to let the people of Kenya have facts about the audit queries raised.
"The Council of Governors should be reminded that the Senate is an oversight body that does not take orders from anyone! Kenyans must know the truth on how their money is being spent!" his tweet on Tuesday read.
The Narok Senator reiterated that the "Article 226(5) will send 80% of them (governors) to jail for corruption,"
Article 226 (5) states that "If the holder of a public office including a political office, directs or approves the use of public funds contrary to law or instructions, the person is liable for any loss arising from that use and shall make good the loss, whether the person remains the holder of the office or not."
Governors have come under sharp criticism over the extraordinary budget allocations after the Auditor General Edward Ouko questioned allocations towards national government functions including State House, South Sudan peacekeeping mission and retired presidents benefits among others.
Counties that are on the spotlight for the malicious budgetary allocations include Kiambu, Kakamega, Nyeri, Kitui, Garissa, Kirinyaga, Kwale, Lamu, Nyamira, and Samburu.