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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": " I thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to second this Bill proposed by the Whip of the Majority Party, my brother, Hon. Osoro. Indeed, there has been a disconnect between the budget-making process in the county governments and that of the National Assembly. This Bill seeks to create a level of uniformity in our budgeting processes. Most times, when the Budget is passed here and monies are appropriated to the county governments, you find that their budgets are not even ready. They push the National Treasury to give them money without necessarily having a budget for what that money is meant to do. Therefore, this is a very important Bill as it seeks to cure that kind of disconnect. Additionally, counties do not come up with full disclosure. There are times when the money they receive as personal revenue or revenue mopped up by themselves in the counties, are never reflected in the final budgets. Those counties make so much money that we do not know about, and are able to run their affairs and yet, they push for sharable revenue from the National Government. In order not to devolve corruption at the county levels, governors and their respective CECs in charge of finance, must provide full disclosure so that we can know with exactitude how much is expended in those counties. As it seeks to come up with a level of uniformity, this Bill also challenges counties to do the right things at the right time. Moving forward, we believe that there would be a level of sync between the National Government and the 47 county governments in their activities. That they will be reaching across the aisle so that, whereas they are independent in what they do, there will be a level of interdependence. That the county governments will listen to what happens in the National Government and, in return, the National Government will consult, aggressively, with the county governments. I support and, therefore, second. Thank you for the opportunity."
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