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    "id": 1231411,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to create a Fund upon which counties draw from, month by month, such that we do not have delayed disbursements. However, the National Treasury should have a buffer of between three to six months to fill that particular Fund. For example, in December, counties will have to check and demand whether what they ought to have been given in that particular period was disbursed by the National Treasury. That being the case, in the subsequent financial years, you will find our counties beginning to operate as expected. Otherwise, it does not make sense for our governors to sit in big offices, be driven in huge fuel guzzlers; accompanied by County Executive Committee Members (CECM); launching projects that they will never finally complete due to all these financial constraints. This is a proposal that I want our colleagues from the Committee of Finance and Budget to make strong proposals and demand of the National Treasury, so that at least, in the subsequent financial years, our county governments could be paid at the end of each month. Senators, you need to keep a keen eye on the financial operations of your county. It is unfortunate that I have said this many times and I do not see Senators paying close attention to it. The Controller of Budget (CoB) after every quota brings before this House a report on the financial operations of their county. I table them here on most afternoons at 2.30p.m. Unfortunately, very few Senators take time to read them. These reports of the CoB will help you appreciate and see how these governors are running our counties. Who are they paying? How are they spending the funds that they are requesting? Does it meet the threshold of value for money for the citizens that you represent?"
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