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    "id": 694584,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Agnes Adhiambo",
    "speaker_title": "The Controller of Budget",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joy Adhiambo Gwendo",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to the first question on whether correction is sufficient or a harsher decision should be taken, I want to refer the distinguished House to Article 225 of the Constitution. It provides for stoppage of funds where there is persistent--- In this case it is persistence in the use of local revenue. That mandate is bestowed upon the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury. The key word is ‘persistent use’. Therefore, if we had observed that in the second quarter of the 2015/2016 the county is using local revenue at source, we would have raised it. If they continued to use the same revenue in the third quarter, we would have raised it in that report, as we do with the other counties. The issue here is “persistence”. That is why I explained that when we raised the issue, we actually wrote to the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Finance in a letter dated 26th February, 2016. Therefore, we did not just sit; we took action. We were proactive and wrote to the county treasury on the same. Our report was produced in January 2016 and we immediately wrote to the CEC in charge of Finance. The second question that was raised by Sen. Orengo is whether our report is correct. It is correct because the figures were based on the returns that we received from the county treasury. I explained that we received financial returns showing that the County had spent Kshs615million. On the other hand, the Controller of Budget had released Kshs545million. Those figures are correct because Kshs615million is derived from the financial returns produced by the county treasury. The releases are from our own records. Therefore, I want to re-emphasize that our report is 100 per cent correct. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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