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    "id": 1018126,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand here a bit confused or a bit disappointed in the way the Bill has been drafted, discussed and passed in the Senate and brought to this House for deliberation. I stand here in a way to support the recommendations of the Committee in respect of this Bill. I truly believe parliamentary time should be used in the most useful manner that results in the best output. Moreover, I also believe that what is already legislated, there is really no need to re-legislate. Looking at the Bill, it more or less looks like an executive summary drawing various chapters and sections of the law to come up with a Bill that is not capable of being implemented and achieving the desired results. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the County Governments Act, the Public Finance Management Act and the supreme law; the Constitution, literally sets out the functions and duties of a county government, a governor and a county assembly. This law purports to go into an exercise of repetition. It is repeating what is already provided for in the County Government Act, repeating what is already provided for in the Constitution and also what is provided for under the PFM Act. If we were ever to make amendments to the Acts to align them to the Constitution, Government policy and the PFM Act, this Bill would be rendered hopelessly useless. For example, Section 5 of the County Governments Act literally lays down the functions and duties of the county government. This Act is purporting to just regurgitate, repeat, cut and paste what is already there and probably to put it in a different language that really means the same thing. The county assembly is seized with the power of making the budget, just like the National Assembly. There can never be any other way of making the budget without following the procedure laid down in the PFM Act and the County Government Act. If the MCAs are unable to make budgets or unable to sway their Executive in making the budget, they should not look for a lazy way of getting their work done without following the law. The Executive, namely, the governor and the Executive Committee Members, present a budget to the county assembly. It is incumbent upon the MCAs to realign the budget to meet the requirements of the people they represent. The county government is required by law to prepare a county in their greater development plan and that is a consultative process that starts with public participation on the ground. Why on earth would you want to have another law or another Act that seems to thrash the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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