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    "id": 1419490,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "county government to clear inherited pending bills when approving exchequer releases.” Furthermore, the Motion be amended in paragraphs 2(iii) by inserting a new sub-paragraph immediately after sub-paragraph four as follows- “county governments in consultation with the Controller of Budget to provide a budget for completion of all existing projects and that initiation of new projects to cease until completion of the existing projects.” The justification for this amendment: On the first amendment, counties are required to present their medium-term debt strategies to the county assemblies along with the county fiscal strategy plans, and this is provided for under Section 123 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act that requires that on or before the 23rd of February in each year, the county's treasury submits to the county assembly a statement setting out the debt management strategy of the county government over the medium term. I believe that this amendment is reasonable, that the plan that will be submitted to the CoB is a plan that is drawn from the medium-term debt strategy. Therefore, this amendment does not impose any additional requirements on the county governments. Finally, by asking the CoB to review past efforts to clear inherited pending bills is to give effect to the powers and functions of the CoB as provided for in Article 228(4), where the CoB has a responsibility to ensure prudence and responsibility even before authorizing withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to move that the Motion be amended as has been proposed, and would wish to ask Sen. Faki to second that amendment."
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