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    "id": 1462597,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have two quick issues. I say this quickly after the Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. As a House, we must also become a bit more serious in how we undertake our duty because of the people of this Republic who voted us to this House to legislate, represent, oversight and ensure that we propagate solutions that make their lives better. Even as issues are brought to fore every afternoon via statements by our colleagues, we must then ask ourselves how we can quickly resolve many of the issues that come before us either at committee or plenary level of the entire House. This issue of pending bills in our county governments has been with us for about six years now. Is it not about time that our Standing Committee on Finance and Budget sets the bar a bit higher, so that the contracting agent - that is the county governments - can be more fiscally responsible? Apart from the many nice things that we say this afternoon to appear to be concerned for the people of this Republic, I would expect either Sen. Ali Roba or Sen. Tabitha Mutinda begin to move us towards an amendment to the PFM Act that sets pending bills as a first charge to the consolidated fund of our county governments. This will ensure that governors do not end up contracting new services before, first of all, paying for that which they consumed the previous financial year. Otherwise, year after year, we shall continue dealing with this problem the same way we have dealt with it the last six years. Occasionally, such a matter appears before the Senate, we speak on behalf of the people we represent and say how we are concerned and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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