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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the other issue that has been brought to life in in this proposed law is the proposed Clause 10 of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2025. The clause provides for the actions that constitute financial misconduct. This is important because there is a schedule that has been provided on how monies are supposed to depart from the National Treasury and go into the County Revenue Fund (CRF). This movement from the National Treasury, despite the schedules that we pass here, and the law that has to be obeyed, they never follow the schedules. Due to this failure to follow the instruction that is given by the Senate, we have very difficult operational circumstances within the counties. You can have a county that has not paid its workers for a period of two or sometimes three months. When these workers are not paid for that long, and suddenly a lot of money comes at the same time, it creates systemic inefficiencies. This is why I have called many times for the separation of the National Treasury, so that we have two clear functions; the National Treasury that is dedicated to servicing national Government, and a Treasury or a sub-office dedicated to serving the county assemblies, so that there is always money that is released timeously. Money has value when it is released on time. If you need Kshs10,000 now, it may not be useful to get Kshs100,000 or even Kshs1 million two days later, when Kshs10,000 was required now for a purpose. That Kshs10,000 becomes more valuable than the larger amount that comes later. We need to find a way in which officers at the National Treasury can prioritize proper movement of monies. If this schedule is obeyed, then we should have less problems in terms of counties managing their finances. I will not repeat that governors, as they receive this money, must remember they have a duty to the people. They have a duty to do work. Once we have finished with this, they have a constitutional and a civic duty, in fact, even a spiritual duty, to make sure that this money reaches those areas that are needed. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not enough for us to just pass these monies. These monies, when they go down there, must do the work, so that devolution makes sense. We have seen counties that have done very well and others that have not done as well. We pray, Madam Temporary Speaker, as we pass these monies in this financial year, they will be utilized in the manner that is equivalent to the shared value of devolution. I beg to support."
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