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    "id": 1169265,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Report. I thank the Committee for coming up with this elaborate Report. I also thank Sen. (Eng.) Hargura for the lengthy update. I am happy with the way the Report has been presented. It is in four volumes and each volume gives a section of the counties that were visited. In the Report, it is very clear that they met county executives and the kind of sittings they had were not just usual sittings. They were investigatory sittings where they investigated how money had been used in counties. This should be done periodically. The Senate allocates money to counties and the money must follow functions. When the money is sent to counties, county governments should come out clearly and explain if they used the money prudently. This Committee has done a very good job and their effort should be lauded. The investigatory sittings should be done periodically in the next Senate and ensure taxpayer’s money is used prudently. One of the observations made by this Committee is that county executives have weaknesses when it comes to adhering to their budgets. County executives are supposed to come up with a budget every year and to stick to it. The budget should not just exist in books and files while the money is spend differently. According to this Report, some county executives did not stick to the budgets. That is why sometimes, some county governments are not able to implement the projects that they had started. Every year, every county government must come up with a project that it is going to do. If it is a yearly budget, then county executives need to ensure that they stick to the budget."
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