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PHOTO | FILE Senate Financial Committee Chair Billow Kerrow at a past function.

By  NATION REPORTER

What you need to know:

  • Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow told the Nation last evening that the issue would be among the matters on the table when the Senate holds its first joint informal meeting, a Kamukunji, to thrash out the issues they collectively face in dealing with the county governments and the Judiciary.
  • Nine governors summoned before the Senate headed for the court for a determination of whether county bosses are accounting offices.

The Senate will consider seeking to be enjoined in a case in which governors have asked for an advisory on whether they are the accounting officers for the county and how far that extends.

Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow told the Nation last evening that the issue would be among the matters on the table when the Senate holds its first joint informal meeting, a Kamukunji, to thrash out the issues they collectively face in dealing with the county governments and the Judiciary.

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Mr Kerrow, who chairs the Senate’s Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs Committee, said they would also look at the highlights of the reports from the Controller of Budget and Office of the Auditor-General, whose scrutiny partly sparked the ongoing contest.

“There’s the possibility of us enjoining ourselves in the case in court where governors are seeking an interpretation of the Constitution on the accountability of governors. We shall discuss whether or not we shall be part of the case,” Mr Kerrow said in an interview.

Nine governors summoned before the Senate headed for the court for a determination of whether county bosses are accounting offices.

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