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    "id": 1491419,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As the Committee on Finance and Budget, we deliberated on your Bill. Kindly allow me by thanking you, Sir, for this wonderful Bill that, at least, this Senate will leave a legacy as far as our MCAs are concerned. These are our leaders that represent us at the lowest level; at mashinani and, leaders that this Senate highly respects. That is why we really take this Bill very dear to us. I wish my very good friend, the Senator of Narok, would accord me a full hearing as I did to him, so that when I get to Clause 109(e) I can shed some light on what the Committee deliberated, and why we settled for the clause as it is. He has requested that I go to my comments on Clause 109(e), which says that the county treasurer shall, at the beginning of every month, in any event, not later than the 15th from the commencement of the fund ensure that the funds are disbursed. That was taking care of timely disbursement. However, I know the concern that is in place because we are trying to cure autonomy for the MCAs. It seems like the county treasurer has sort of final powers. This is the reason, according to the PFM Act, what we analysed and looked at, was that we cannot allow more than one or two people to have access to the CRF account. That was the reason the Committee deliberated on these issues. We looked at it from how my colleague has also tried to look at it, and thought, will there be autonomy, or there might be much dependency? However, light was shed in the sense that it would not be so safe, prudent or wise to allow many signatories for this County Revenue Fund (CRF) account. Since the funds will be transferred now to the County 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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