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    "id": 1553118,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "the management of our counties, it behooves all of us to come together and come up with a solution. The Statement raised by Sen. Dullo should worry all of us. This is because the county chief officers are tasked with the day-to-day running of those counties. Hearing that the County Government of Isiolo does not have the 32 chief officers begs a big question: who is running that county? According to the PFMA Act, the chief officers have got a fiducial responsibility to ensure that the funds are utilised well. It is the chief officer who has to sign when funds are being withdrawn from the Controller of Budget. So, we must all take this issue of Isiolo County not having chief officers very seriously. We need to, first, sit with the Controller of Budget to understand how funds are being utilised. Is it an issue of Own Source Revenue? When you think about it, you will realise that Isiolo County does not have a lot of Own Source Revenue. They, therefore, use the shareable revenue, the revenue that we, in this House, divide for our counties. That is an issue that must be dealt with. Secondly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I hope that the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Protection can take that matter seriously. That Committee should travel to Isiolo County to deal with the issue for us to understand how we are managing our counties. The issue of Nyamira County also concerns me. How can we have two county assemblies? It is ridiculous. We know that we have one county assembly that should meet in the county assembly premises, unless it is gazetted that they are going to be meeting elsewhere. If the Senate Plenary decides to host its meeting elsewhere, it must be gazetted. So, these are very simple things that need to be dealt with. It is just a matter of adhering to the rule of law and follow through. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations will not deal with the issues of courts. Some matters are sub-judice, but when it is the issue that relates to the supervision of the counties by the Senate, that is a matter we should move very expeditiously---"
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