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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Once, again, I thank the distinguished Senators for their contributions. Like many have said, this is a straightforward Bill but it sets out the structure of disbursement of the conditional and non-conditional grants to the counties. Senators have emphasized that the funds which are sent to the counties is not private money. It is money that should be utilized as per the requirements and in order to serve wananchi. One of the queries that the auditors normally raise in their reports is absorption of funds that are disbursed to the counties. It is high time that the county governments utilized the money expeditiously so that we can make use of the funds to offer various services that are supposed to be extended to our citizens. Somebody mentioned about issues of checks and balances in the governance issue. The Committee has an inquiry into the efficacy of IFMIS. If we can utilize technology appropriately, we can enhance on its use on governance and more so put in place structures for checks and balances. Governance issues have been raised and we want to see what IFMIS can be able to do for us so that we become proactive. As they say in the health profession, prevention is better than cure. Let us not always - like Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo Ayacko’s team has continued to do - be morticians. We should be proactive in taking care of the funds that are taken to counties. I also thank the Secretariat for the good work they have been doing. I hope we will continue and bring the amendments that have been alluded to."
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