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    "id": 1186120,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "those of the Equalisation Fund which are provided for under the Constitution. The Equalisation Fund was supposed to be operationalized, but the Jubilee Government completely refused to operationalise it. The issue of operationalising funds under the Equalisation Fund needs a special discussion on how we can recoup the 10 years that have been lost out of the 20 years that the fund was supposed to exist. If we sneak the Equalisation Fund into this Bill, we will be undermining the very reason why we have it. I suggest that that Committee specifically set time to relook at how we can operationalise the Equalisation Fund to ensure that those funds are actually deployed towards what they were intended to be deployed for. Therefore, we should remove that provision within this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would also want to add one more provision that the Committee should consider looking into. Within these additional funds, the Senate will have additional oversight mandate over these funds. I request the Committee to consider providing - even if it is just one clause that will require County Governments to submit their reports as part of the oversight - towards ensuring that the Senate carries out its oversight mandate in respect of these funds. Possibly, in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) regulations, we need to also include further regulations to ensure that additional responsibility that the Senate gets is clearly provided for in order for us to be able to adequately carry out those functions. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to remind Members that during our induction, one of the issues that was raised was the need for the Senate to go beyond just looking at the figures in the Auditor-General’s (AG) report. We were urged to try and come up with a mechanism that can enable us to also oversee through carrying out impact assessment activities that can enable us to appreciate and tell Kenyans how the funds that are being deployed to counties are impacting the lives of the people. With those few amendments that I have proposed, I beg to support."
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