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    "id": 1013669,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "The Committee is considering the matters raised and will table the report once the matter is concluded. I can report that most of them have been concluded and reports tables. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with regard to Petitions, the Committee considered two Petitions. The first Petition was by Sen. Wambua on behalf of the Petitioners on the non-payment of Kitui county executive pending bills incurred during the year 2015/2016. I can report on Sen. Wambua’s Petition. It is completed, and we tabled the Report. The second Petition was made by Mr. Edward Mwangi, regarding the unpaid bills for the National Youth Service (NYS) to contractors and service providers. The Committee considered the Petition and tabled the Report in the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the period under review, the Committee considered the Third Basis for Revenue Sharing Formula. The Committee had consultative meetings with the National Treasury, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to the third generation basis. To ensure equitable consultations, adequate consultation was done on the Third Basis formula. The Committee analyzed a consultative meeting where all Senators were invited. The Committee adopted its report and tabled it in the Senate. We all know the story of this issue, and it is good that it has been sorted out. The Committee also considered the 2020 Budget Policy Statement and the medium term debts management strategy and tabled its report. The report was considered and approved by the Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Committee has planned to undertake the following key activities in the next half of the period- (1) Consideration and adoption of the report on the Equalization Fund (National Assembly Bills No. 43 of 2019), which we have done. (2) Consideration and adoption on the report of Prompt Payments Bill (Senate Bills No. 3) of 2020. We have also done that. (3) Consideration and adoption of the report on the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 51 of 2017). We are working on that one and shall be tabling the report soon. (4) Consideration of the Policy on County Governments Own Source Revenue. We also endeavor to table a report on the same. (5) Consideration of the report of the office of the Controller of Budget on county government budgets implementation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Committee, and most sincerely the former Chairman, who did a lot of work. I hope that we shall be able to fit in the shoes of the former Chairman and members. Thank you."
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