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    "id": 1077314,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1077314/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "id": 1813,
        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": "I want to go to the Committee’s recommendations. After we got this Report, we held two meetings where extensive deliberations were done, but remembering that if we had to make any amendments to this CARA Bill, we know the threshold. So, we observed that there is a high level of pending bills at the county level as well as lack of transparency in reporting of the pending bills. In fact, more than half of the counties could not give us the right pending bills. The county governments also need to prioritise the pending bills as a first charge in the budget implementation cycle for the Financial Year 2021/2022 before embarking on new financial commitments. When the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury was here, he gave a directive that all pending bills must be paid by 30th of this month. We are hoping that this one is going to be actualised. In addition, prudence in the management of public finances at the county level, and reporting of pending bills should be for both the Executive and assembly. The report that we got had only the pending bills from the assembly, but not on the side of the Executive. 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."
}