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    "id": 1462223,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1462223/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would suggest that the Senate, at a sitting of the Committee of the Whole, invites the CoB and the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury. Those are the only two offices who can help us to review this matter objectively. As a matter of fact, there is a pending bills committee that was gazetted about two months ago. However, they have taken inordinately long to review the pending bills both at county and national level. I agree with the findings of the Senate, that the matter of pending bills is perhaps greater than all these other crises that we are handling presently. Therefore, I propose that your good office facilitates the CoB and the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury when we resume, so that we can amicably conclude on this matter in a very simple way. Regulation 18 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act permits that the CoB enforces the implementation of budgets that have previously been passed. Therefore, they are duty-bound to commit before the House. Before any county government makes a requisition and is allowed to draw, they should show their commitment in compliance with the resolution of the Senate by sorting out the pending bills at their county. That way, we will be able to sort this. I thank you."
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