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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "and Chief Officers (Cos) must be brought to a stop. The person who went and got a mandate and the person who should be held responsible as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the county is the governor. I am glad that Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has made certain provisions that will make that possible. They will make the governor accountable to the people through the county assembly. The governor will be required to appear before the assembly. Therefore, it will leave the Senate to come up with policy, legislative and administrative solutions to the challenges that are facing county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must do all we can to empower our brothers and sisters in county assemblies to effectively carry out their oversight role. This is because that is where the real evidence and the primary oversight would occur. I visualize that the Senate would particularly focus on value for money audits. The Public Audit Act allows financial audits like what we are discussing now, forensic audits, performance audits, and other value for money. Ever since the Senate was established, the Auditor-General has performed a few performance audits. I think there was one that he did about mental health, that will be of great benefit to Sen. (Arch.) Kasanga and a few others. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are not yet in a position where we, as a Senate, sit with the Office of the Auditor-General and agree that this particular financial year, we want you to carry out a performance audit, for example, on the Managed Equipment Scheme (MES) or the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this afternoon, we have adopted the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). That BPS proposes a policy shift. Allocations being collected from taxpayers for maintenance of roads called Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF), then sent to counties as a conditional grant will no longer be sent as such, but form part of the equitable share. The risk is that you are collecting money from Kenyans on false pretences. You are telling every road user and anyone who buys fuel that a percentage of the money you spend, will be used on improving the roads you drive on, so that the wear and tear on your car can reduce. You then bring the money to counties and 15 per cent of it, make it part of general budget support."
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