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    "id": 1382914,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Korir",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to commend the wonderful job that has been done by the Committee on Finance and Budget led by the Chair, Sen. Ali Roba and our lady, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda. Indeed, the report has captured a number of issues. The ceiling that has been proposed for the county governments, that is Kshs391 billion which translates to about 13 per cent, is far much below the actual ceiling that is within the Constitution of 15 per cent. It is upon this House to make sure that things go the right way. Despite the fact that the Senate is in charge of making sure that devolution works, it is also keep the governors on their toes in terms of oversight. There are a number of issues that are being witnessed, especially the issues of the pending bills which is affecting a number of counties. The Senate Majority Leader talked about the amendments that are supposed to be made to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. I want to emphasize that this House should up the game on this amendment to an extent that the county governments should be able to observe the PFM Act in terms of operations. Nowadays, you find a number of counties do not observe the percentage that is given to development and recurrent to an extent that despite the fact that the Senators are fighting for the resources to be sent to the counties, they do not prudently use the resources. Lastly is the transfer of functions. For example, the 33 libraries which are supposed to be constructed in the 33 counties. Once we transfer this function, the money should follow the function. In that sense, I urge that as we fight for this, let us also make sure that we give them the resources to operate. I support the Report."
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