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    "id": 1407808,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang’",
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    "content": "Sorry, it is the change of the Speaker. People have suffered because of this own source revenue. As I have said, let our Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) help the counties by ensuring that the Executive is accountable. They should not budget for unrealistic own source revenue. Secondly, I ask that as they pay the pending bills, we want them to do an aging analysis. They should pay according to the age. The bills that have been there since 2013 and 2014 be paid first, so that our people may continue to trade and employ. If you do not pay, it basically means that when business close, there are people who will be rendered jobless and go home. So, they should do an age analysis and give priority to the older debts. The Controller of Budget (CoB) also has a role to play here. She is the one who approves payments, if a county does not give priority to pending bills, she should not approve its payments. After approving, she should also have a mechanism of following up to ensure that the county Governments do not divert. They can cheat and give pending bills as a payment to be made but on the ground, things are different. They make other payments not as per the list that had been approved by the CoB."
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