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    "id": 1291348,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also express my views on this very important Bill. From the onset, this is a good Bill. I agree with the Senate Majority Leader that one of the most fundamental things done by this Senate is to come up with this Bill. Before that, money used to be sent to the counties; the additional allocations, without a proper legislative framework. In most cases, the Senate did not know that money had been sent to our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with the introduction of this Bill, we have been able to monitor all the monies that are sent to our counties outside the shareable revenue that we pass every year. The additional allocation has three components. That is a share of the national Government, sharable revenue, loans from development partners and grants. These are the monies that are sent after we pass the sharable revenue that goes to the counties. This is significant amounts of money. I recommend that after this very important step that this Senate has done, the next aspect is how we oversight the usage of this money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know my colleagues have talked about committee interventions, but it is high time that Senate considered coming up with a special committee on accountability of additional allocation. I am saying that because I know County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) and County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee (CPISFC) are quite busy with the other aspects of accountability. We need a special accountability committee on the issue of additional allocation so that this committee will be there to look at how these monies are utilized. It will also monitor projects on the ground because this particular Bill has come to us without the specific projects, especially for this donor money."
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