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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Government has a problem of errors. We have been told that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance had errors in the Supplementary Estimates. Indeed, there were, at least in the initial one. My new Assistant Minister also cannot count the figures. Total allocations for the County Council of Turkana was Kshs480 million, if I may just give gross figures. The differential is accounted by penalties. The variance in respect of Turkana County Council is Kshs107 million, but the penalties account for Kshs9 million. In effect, over the last ten years, Turkana County Council has lost Kshs10 million per annum. It has also spent Kshs25 million on debt reduction. First, could the Assistant Minister check the figures? Since I trust my figures more than his, I will allow him to get away with it as long as he convinces me. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fundamental question is: How can a local authority be losing money because of penalties as a result of failure to submit the budget and quarterly reports, which is the job of the chief technical officers who are appointed by the Minister? What has he done to penalize such officers for failing to submit the budget and the reports in good time? That has resulted in a massive loss of money in the poorest district in the country. The county council lost Kshs107 million and Lodwar Municipal Council lost Kshs18 million. That amounts to almost Kshs130 million loss."
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