Some Vihiga county residents have petitioned Senator George Khaniri to sponsor a motion to compel outgoing governors to declare county assets before leaving office or seeking re-election.
The residents said they want a law that will compel the outgoing governors to tell all citizens how rich or broke their counties are. “They should be made to disclose how much counties accumulated in assets and liabilities during their tenure,” they said in their petition.
The residents who spoke to the press during a public forum in Vihiga town said the bill, if adopted, would help stop corrupt governors from stealing public funds just before elections.
They said it is the only the Senate which can streamline management of counties saying the members of county assembly have failed to play their oversight role.
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