{"id":1504442,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1504442/?format=json","text_counter":353,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise on behalf of the Chairperson to reply. I take this opportunity to thank our colleagues who have taken time to comment on this amendment Bill. I will pick out a few salient issues in the mediated version of the Bill that need to be very clear. First, is a general concern that the funds going to the counties are not being prudently and properly utilised. I hope it has been made clear to the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the Office of the Controller of Budget, the Office of the Auditor-General, and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) that devolution needs to work. The issue of delayed disbursements also keeps featuring. However, that cannot off-set the lack of accountability and imprudent use of funds. With those many remarks, I beg to reply."}