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    "id": 1503135,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support this Bill. My main reason is that I am a big fan of structured and seamless things. There have been a lot of situations between national and county governments that have gone on and on because of the transfer of functions. As the Mover of the Bill has clearly stated, it is proper when money follows functions. One of the reasons I support this Bill is because it gives us clear guidelines on the transfer of functions between national and county governments. It also shows us that service delivery will not be disrupted. Because of bureaucracies involved in the transfer of funds a gap is created. This Bill is going to fill that gap. The other reason is that the costing framework will now be uniform, not only between national and county governments, but it will also be seamless and uniform across counties. We have had situations where different counties come up with their own mechanism of financial management. This Bill provides a specific framework. The other thing, from my experience as a member of the County Assembly, is that county assemblies grapple with temporary loans from banks when there are delays at the national government level. There is no specific structure between the county executive and the county assembly. This Bill will enable county assemblies to not grapple with financing their functions by borrowing additional funds from different financial institutions. That is taken care of. The other thing that I like about this Bill is that it provides a specific timeline of 15 days from the start to the finish of the process, which is very important. When we do not provide a specified timeline, it could be taken advantage of. Anyone who wants to disrupt the process or be mischievous can take advantage of it when there is no specified timeline. I also take note of the public participation that the Committee conducted. I note that Isiolo, Mombasa, Kericho, and Taita Taveta counties supported this Bill. Residents of Mombasa County said they like the Bill because when money is available to counties, it is available to them because they have access to it. I also note support from the Westminster Consulting and Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). In particular, they took note of the uniform and well-defined agreement being proposed in this Bill. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I support the Bill. I thank you."
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