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    "id": 1491409,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The principle of separation of powers, requires the county assemblies to be independent. However, currently, as we are in this country, I blame the framers of the Constitution, because of the rush to set up county governments, they never saw a problem when it comes to the issue of the Executive controlling the assemblies. Today, when the Clerk or the Speaker of the Assembly wants to authorize payment for the administrative cost, payment for plenary sitting and allowances, they depend entirely on the Executive. In most cases, the Executive will decide whether to approve Form A or not. So, this amendment to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, is quite timely. I, therefore, support it fully, because I would like to see county assemblies being able to carry out their oversight authority without any dependency on the Executive. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill as proposed by yourself, as a Senator of Meru County, concludes this debate that started a long time ago. This is a debate that started a long time ago, from the previous two Senates, when the Senate was trying to figure out how they would deal with this issue, yet the Constitution only sets up one County Revenue Fund (CRF). As a result of your Solomonic wisdom, you have been able to look at the law, the PFM Act, and see an avenue that the county assemblies are also able to have their service fund. I have gone through the recommendation that you have put across. Although I support all these recommendations that you have put across, to set up this County Assembly Service Fund, I see one challenge. I am not sure, whether you have seen the danger of the amendment to Section 109(e). You say-"
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