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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support Motion on the Disbursement Schedule because we have had issues with counties. Every time we have an opportunity to meet governors or people who work for county governments in our counties sometimes they take us to task. We always tell people in our counties that we are the people that pass the Division of Revenue Bill and, therefore, affording our counties cash resources which they spend. Sometimes the disbursement of funds takes months and, therefore, service delivery is affected in a negative way. As we support this Motion, it is also important to emphasize that the National Treasury follows strictly the Disbursement Schedule that we are going to pass, so that our counties can plan. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you do not know when funds will be available to you, it is very hard for you to plan. For the counties to offer services, they have to do proper planning in good time. It is only through following this Disbursement Schedule in this Motion that we are going to pass that counties can plan and deliver services to our people. We have had many problems with delayed salaries for those that work for county governments and, sometimes, counties are forced to borrow money from banks to their employees, and this attracts interest. When counties borrow money on interest and pay interest on the same, then that means that the counties, which have limited resources continue wasting funds on paying interest and yet, these funds would have gone to better use and to offer services to our people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the National Treasury should and must follow strictly this Disbursement Schedule and disburse money at the right time and as per the Schedule, in order for counties to continue offering services in the right way. Also, we will be able to oversight. If we know that counties have received funds on time, then we will be able to ask those very important questions as to why services have not been delivered or why there are delays in delivery of the same. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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