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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Methu",
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        "legal_name": "Methu John Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker and thank you, Commissioner Joyce Korir. I also welcome back Sen. Eddy. He is a young legislator in this House. It always a pleasure to have him around here. My age mate, who now crossed over and took over from where I left. He is a bit older than me. First, I express my dissatisfaction and displeasure by a comment that has been made by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abbas. I wonder whether there was a legal mind in that Committee and a researcher advising them when the CoB said that there was nothing she could do to stop funds going to the County Assembly. Unless anything has changed, for as long as I know, the way funds are appropriated and withdrawn from the County Revenue Fund, requisitions are prepared by the Clerk of the County Assembly, and only transmitted to the CoB through the Chief Executive Committee Member (CECM) Finance. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on money or requisitions that go to the County Assembly there is no comma or full stop that is added by the CECM. Therefore, if indeed the CoB wanted to help in ensuring that money is not misappropriated in the County Assembly of Nyamira, she had the onus and the responsibilities on her. This is not an isolated case. May I invite you to look at our Constitution, Article 207(3), which states that- “Money shall not be withdrawn from a revenue fund unless the Controller of Budget has approved that withdrawal.” Every money that shall be misappropriated in the County Assembly of Nyamira, the responsibility will be on the CoB because she will have released that money and allowed the withdrawal of these funds from the County Revenue Fund. It is this Constitution that gives the CoB the powers she enjoys. I also want to draw your attention to Article 228(5) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 which states that - “The Controller of Budget shall not approve any withdrawal from a public fund unless satisfied that the withdrawal is authorized by law” All the monies that are going to the County Government of Nyamira, be it the County Assembly or the County Executive, the CoB must be satisfied. That is the reading of the law. It is not me who wrote this Constitution. If anything, I am just a farmer. There are many good advocates in this House."
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