{"id":1419874,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1419874/?format=json","text_counter":247,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Osotsi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13588,"legal_name":"Osotsi Godfrey Otieno","slug":"osotsi-godfrey-otieno"},"content":"scenario where the County Executive inverts a fund, takes money away, borrows the money or money is borrowed from one fund to another. We saw a lot of that in most counties and this is un-procedural and another way of confirming that budget control and performance in most counties is very weak. The other observation is a high number of funds established by counties, limiting their oversight and capacity of counties to fund them and consuming a considerable amount of resources on administrative costs. That is money that could have been used for other meaningful purposes. For example, Baringo County has established a record 13 funds whereby some are not resourced. Some are not even operational. Some have inadequate funding from the county government while some are a duplicate of the other. The other major observation is the continuous resourcing of funds---"}