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    "id": 1563215,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations for the period between January to April, 2025, issued pursuant to Standing Order No..56(1)(b). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 56(1)(b) to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations for the stated period of January to April, 2025. During the reporting period, the Committee has carried out various activities pertaining to its mandate. In summary, the Committee has transacted the following legislative business- (a) The following two Bills are before the Committee, and the Committee is at the final stages of considering and drafting its report. The first one is the Office of the County Attorney (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (Senate Bills No.47 of 2024), and the second one is the County Government Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (Senate Bills No.52 of 2024). (b) The Committee received seven Statements that were sought from the Committee during this period. The Committee considered and concluded four, leaving three Statements pending before the Committee currently. (c) The Committee, jointly with the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, considered a Petition on restraining county governments from hiring law firms for legal representation in court cases and tabled a joint report on the matter before the House on Thursday, 3rd April, 2025. (d) In inquiring on the performance of the counties on the implementation of county budgets, the Committee has been holding consultative meetings with stakeholders to deliberate on key issues arising from the county budget implementation review reports for the Financial Year 2022/2023 and the Financial Year 2023/2024 by the office of the Controller of Budget (CoB). The Committee has so far met with governors from eight counties and deliberated on the low expenditure on development in the counties contrary to Section 107(2B) of the Public Finance Management Act, Cap 412A. (e) The Committee, on its own volition, is currently conducting an inquiry into the matter of the county governments operating several commercial bank accounts contrary to Regulation 82(1)(b) of the Public Finance Management as the County Government Regulation, 2015. In consideration of the matter, the Committee met with governors from nine counties and deliberated on the matter. At the tail end of its consideration, the Committee held a retreat with the Council of Governors (CoG), the Controller of Budget, and the Auditor General to deliberate on the key issues that are emerging from the"
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