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    "id": 1533595,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1533595/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "I will pick a few touchy issues to Members in terms of the recommendations that we came up with as we listened to different stakeholders during the BPS hearings. One office that has been very consistent is the Office of the Comptroller of Budget, which has been grossly underfunded in performing its mandate. One recommendation is that because we are the House that comes up with legislation, we should definitely consider empowering the Office of the Comptroller of Budget to oversee the Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A) funds. That refers to monies collected by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), which are not remitted to the Consolidated Fund and are currently not within the purview of the Comptroller of Budget. That is not just limited to those funds. It also applies to other funds like the Housing Levy Fund. If you ask the Office of the Comptroller of Budget what its role is in terms of looking after our monies in the Housing Fund, they will tell you that those funds are not under their purview. I hope this House takes these recommendations very seriously and looks at the law in terms of what can be moved and what can be changed to ensure that the utilisation of A-in-A is done in a proper way, and the legal issues that have been raised by the Comptroller of Budget are considered. That will ensure efficiency in the utilisation of the funds that come under A-in- A, and those in other funds like the Housing Fund because all that is public money. We will then have transparency, accountability, and also timely implementation of the projects that are supposed to be undertaken."
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