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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "those legislations that we should pride ourselves as a House. It ensures that our county governments are financed in order for them to serve the people at the county level. It also ensures that service delivery to the people is not hindered by the non-release of funds from the national Government. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am aware that the additional amount that this particular legislation will give to the county governments is a whooping Kshs56 billion. The Kshs56 billion on top of Kshs385 billion takes us to a great amount of Kshs445 billion. Once disbursed, county governments will have no reason not to serve the people who elected them into office. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, under Article 189 of the Constitution, there is cooperation between the national Government and the county government. This legislation confirms the Government of the day supports devolution. This is evident in the additional revenue coming from conditional allocations and the national Government's conditional grants. Clauses 1 to 5 are general clauses that break down the sources of funds. It starts from the grants from various development partners including the World Bank and others. There is also a provision of the amount that each development partner is giving. This confirms the source of the funds. Clause 8 is an important provision in the Bill. It gives the County Treasury an obligation under the provision of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act to report to this House. This will ensure that the Senate oversights prudent use of the devolved resources. This will be achieved through reporting. Under Clause 8(b), the County Treasury is required to provide an actual expenditure by the county allocations made under the provision of the various schedules in this Bill. Therefore, I urge this House to ensure that this provision is enforced to the letter. That way, the Senate will have an opportunity to ensure the resources are not abused and, therefore, services meant for the people are provided. Under Clause (8)(d), the County Treasury is required to explain any material problem in the expenditure allocations made under this Act; or compliance with any conditions of allocations set out in the Inter-Governmental Agreement. This is another way of ensuring that the resources, however much or little, are accounted for. In case of any challenge or problem that the county government faces in utilizing the resources fully, it should be written in the report that comes to this House."
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