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    "id": 1011467,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the Cash Disbursement Schedule for the Financial Year 2020/2021 and that pursuant to Section 17(7) of the Public Management Act and Standing Order No. No.183(3), the Senate approves the County Governments Cash Disbursement Schedule for Financial Year 2020/2021, laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 8th October, 2020. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is our cardinal duty that once we have the CARA, then we must also be able to pass the disbursement schedule. We have debated and I know the counties are waiting for the monies to get to them so that they can be able to utilize the monies to offer services to Kenyans. I would not want to spend a lot of time, but one of the things that the Committee did was to make a few recommendations. If you will allow me, I will just read the recommendations of the Committee while we were doing the report. The Committee after making some observations, made the following recommendations- That the County Governments Cash Disbursement Schedule be approved as tabled on 8th October, 2020. That the National Treasury should transfer equitable shares to the counties without undue delay and without deductions as per Article 219 of the Constitution and submit quarterly reports of the transfers to the Senate. That the National Treasury should transfer Kshs79.125 billion, the total funds meant for the first quarter of the Financial Year, 2020/2021 within seven days after the approval of the cash disbursement schedule. Finally, the Committee recommended that pursuant to Article 225 of the Constitution, the county governments should expeditiously prepare and adopt annual budgets and Appropriation Bill to ensure service delivery is smoothly continued. As I conclude, in the interest of time, I want to make the following acknowledgments. I will start by acknowledging that the National Treasury did their duty and in hours, they were able to give us the cash disbursement schedule once the Act was signed. The Committee thanks the office of the Speaker and Clerk of the Senate for the support extended to the Committee in execution of its mandate."
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