Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka has laughed off calls by some leaders and rights activists that the Senate be scrapped off.
Lusaka who was speaking during the second day of the Devolution Conference in Kakamega High School in Kakamega said the Senate plays an instrumental role in ensuring Governors account for the resources they receive from the national government.
"Relationships cannot be legislated but have to be nurtured naturally. Calls to disband the Senate are uninformed and in bad faitth," Lusaka said.
"We will not be cowed by threats that Senate will be scrapped," he added.
Lusaka who is serving his first term as Senate Speaker said county chiefs should closely be checked to ensure money sent to devolved units for development is not squandered.
There have been calls that the Upper House be scrapped off because the Senators earn salaries and allowance which would have been used for development.
Senators last year accused MPs of hatching plans to scrap off the Senate. The plan emanated from Senators and MPs clashing over supremacy battles.
Among the MPs at the forefront who were pushing for the scrapping of the Senate was Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria. He argued that the public wage bill was too high for Kenyans to shoulder.