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    "id": 1129456,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "and the Clerk cannot access their offices. That is why they could not even present the responses required of them. The same situation is still in other counties. I know of Kisii County which has a similar issue although they are sorting it out. The Speaker has been impeached and he has gone to court. West Pokot County is even in a very bad situation, where the Speaker cannot access her office. The West Pokot County Assembly Service Board cannot meet and you do not how they are actually expending the funds they are allocated as a county assembly. There is a very serious problem. The way it is moving with the impeachments of speakers, county assemblies are getting into problems. There could be an interference by the county executive in cases where we have discussed with the speakers and the Board Members. As the Senate, it is necessary that we take action and see how we can assist in sorting out this mess which is coming up in county assemblies. One of the ways that has been suggested is the autonomy of the county assemblies. As the Senate, we have been of assistance. Two years ago, when the financial year lapsed county assemblies could not access whatever balance they did not get. The county executive would takes it and not pass it over to the county assembly. Through the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) of the Financial Year 2019/2020, we put a condition that whatever is not received by the end of the financial year, should be carried over even for the county assembly. Logically, the next step is that we should ensure that the PFM Act, 2012 is amended such that county assemblies get full autonomy from the county executives. It is difficult to oversight a body when it controls your funding."
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