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    "id": 563360,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while accepting and agreeing that according to the Constitution, it is the right of every citizen to petition matters regarding misuse of resources at the county government level, we must also at some point set a standard of what constitutes a petition. This morning, we had a petition from Bomet County at the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget meeting and the quality of the petition and what has been petitioned shows that there is a lot that needs to be done. Whereas we agree and accept that there has to be some way in which this House can set some standards for the minimum requirement constituting a petition, otherwise, we are going to deal with hearsay and documents that do not meet basic accusations and threshold of what could amount to a chargeable document at committee level. I think it is important for this House to address this issue. There is a notion out there that at the end of every year, money that has been allocated to the county governments must be exhausted by the county governments or it be returned to the National Treasury. It is important for this House to clarify that once money is assigned to a county by this House, it cannot be reverted to the national Government irrespective of whether the money has been spent at the end of the year or not. This highlights the importance of having capacity at the county assembly level particularly the MCAs who are not able to direct as such and oversight the expenditure towards the end of the year."
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