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    "id": 1491223,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "There will now be an Authority to Incur Expense (AIE) holder at the county assemblies to incur expenditure for the efficient management of the county assembly. This is something that is to be supported. There are also provisions for guidelines on how that authority to incur expenditure shall be executed and, therefore, it is not a blank cheque to anyone. This is a very vital proposal and I hope members of this House will take note of this proposal. 109(e) sets timelines for which the County Treasury must release money to the County Assembly Fund; not of the current but of the following month. MCAs will, therefore, plan for activities without having to run around chasing people. It is also under Sub-clause 2 of that specific clause the county assembly will be required to pass cash disbursement schedules the way we pass in the Senate for the county allocation of revenue. The problem is we have faced a specter where the National Treasury never respects the disbursement schedule that is passed by this House. All these stories we hear about left disbursement and so on, unfortunately for us, for us to make the evolution work, as a Senate, we must continue insisting that money needs to be provided for in time and under the disbursement schedule so that these counties can be able to operate. I want to conclude on the question of viewer rights. It is something that the Mover spoke to; that the CoB shall have visibility or viewer rights on all transactions and they include even the transactions of the Executive. I am looking for that specific clause. The Senate Majority Leader, I do not know if you remember where it is. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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