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    "content": "funding from the World Bank. However, the same money is not accounted for and does not go to the County Assembly for oversight. Most of the received grants are audited by the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) and it takes long to be accounted for. The company has been used to employ many staff while it can only support less than a 100 members of staff. We need to oversight these entities properly. One other thing is on the statutory deductions – Pay As You Earn (PAYE), National Social Securities Fund (NSSF) and the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). These are meant for staff. They are deducted, but the money is not remitted to the respective organisations such as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), NSSF and NHIF. At times, members cannot get treatment for themselves and even their families because they do not have money. They must be compelled to remit statutory deductions on time. Counties rely a lot on the equitable share monies. There is a lot of money within counties, but they do not put much effort and the money is not collected or is collected, but not accounted for. Secondly, the water function is devolved. The water agencies and many water service boards hold and get a lot of money from the Exchequer. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is time this Senate moved fast to push the national Government to take all devolved functions from these water service boards to counties considering that at times, there is duplication of work. You see counties digging dams and boreholes. The water companies are doing the same thing. That money can be taken to counties so that---"
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