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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am well guided. However, I am also guided by the same Standing Orders that we have on this Floor; that I can contribute and add my voice to a statement that has been read. I come from Kisii County and I am sure that Sen. Faki does not come from Kisii County. As I comment and contribute, if Sen. Faki is in that committee, these are some of the things he should take to it to consider. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to highlight that Kisii County has had a history of ghost workers and this comes from the previous county government. It is an issue that has been highlighted in the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare and even in this House. Some of the questions that Sen. Onyonka has raised should be looked into. As we are playing oversight and coming to highlight issues of counties because we are the ones who come from those counties and we know what happens there. We should also be able to guide the House within the legal framework because we are guided by the County Government Act. There is an important issue which Sen. Onyonka highlighted, that Kisii County has had two financial year budgets and he claims they have been disqualified. It is true that the Controller of Budget (CoB) has raised certain issues in those budgets. However, in my opinion, Kisii County lacks capacity in their Ministry of Finance to draft budgets that are guided by our laws. Sen. Onyonka talked about over Kshs200 million worth of transactions that have been voided by the IFMIS. When a transaction is voided by IFMIS, it is not a county government official who does that. We all know that sometimes when there are problems and if, for instance, there is an error, IFMIS and officers on the other side will be forced to void that transaction. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we should be asking if we can be given the reasons for the voided transactions. One can have more than 1,000 voided transactions; not because they are doing any corrupt dealings, but they do not have the capacity to do the right thing. If we have accountants in the House, they will tell you that a small error can cause the CoB to disqualify a budget. It is true that we have Kshs5.4 billion that is domiciled in the County Revenue Fund (CRF) account. This is because you cannot spend money against a budget that already has been disqualified by CoB, so to speak. It is an issue of the chicken or the egg. If you have fronted two budgets that have been approved by the county assembly, but they have been disqualified by CoB, you are usually given a reason. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, they may say that maybe you have exceeded the spending percentage of human resource. What I see happening in this issue of Kisii"
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