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    "content": "Management Regulations, County Governments 2015 at section 38.l, the Controller of Budget may approve withdrawal of funds but based on the last budget that was approved by the County Assembly. So, Nyeri County and one or two others are receiving money based on Section 38 of the PFM Regulations. These regulations have used the word “may”, which means that the Controller of Budget must exercise a lot of care and diligence in approving withdrawals under this section. Why do I say that? The Controller of Budget is supposed to only look at essential services. So, the Controller of Budget looks at salaries, water, teas, et cetera . The Controller of Budget is not obligated to approve funds, say, for foreign travel. Domestic travel is understood because the county assembly and the county executive must travel for one reason or another. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are two requisitions that have been made. The Controller of Budget has only released money based on the first requisition that was received. In the first requisition, I do recall that the county executive and the county assembly had included certain expenses that in my view were not necessary. Therefore, I personally, instructed the county treasury to remove two items that in my view were not necessary. Those were the two items that were removed. That is one on travel and another on training. In my view, those are the expenses that should await finalisation and approval of the budget and the relevant laws. I am not aware of any amount that may have been adjusted by the executive. The reason why I communicated - I did not adjust it because the law does not allow me to adjust - is because the law allows me to refer back to the county treasury because it is the county treasury that must consolidate all the requests and provide one request to the office of the Controller of Budget for approval. The matter was also brought out when I had a meeting with the county assembly which I did explain to the county executive. It is one of the issues that we shall be looking at when we meet on Friday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is an adjustment by the county executive, communication has to be made to the county assembly and more specifically to the accounting officer, who in this case is the clerk. I hope I have answered along the way."
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