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    "id": 281578,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/281578/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kaloki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 62,
        "legal_name": "Philip Kyalo Kaloki",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion which is very important to all of us and to this country. The Public Financial Management Bill is going to create structures that will enable this country, especially the county governments and the National Government, to have a wide legal and financial framework to move this country forward. This Public Financial Management Bill requires much consultation and the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade is also working on the same. Other financial stakeholders are also working on the same, plus the public participation. It is going to take time and that is why we need additional time, especially the time that is requested here of five months, namely, from February to May. We are only talking about two additional months to complete this project. So, we should come up with a Public Financial Management Bill which should satisfy this country for the next ten years. We should incorporate all the inputs and the public participation and come up with a good Bill to move this country forward. The County Governments Bill has already been completed. The section that the President brought back to us needs very little time to harmonize, agree and pass. The sections which are contained therein, especially the Provincial Administration and in particular the District Commissioners and the fact that they should be independent, the line from the President all the way to District Commissioners should be very clear. That way, they do not have to report to the governors. That is one thing that some of us are supporting and this is an issue that the President brought back and we should harmonize that when it comes. We need to get enough time and that is why we are supporting this Motion to make sure that we debate the Bill and have a model Bill, so that our friends from East Africa and other countries who are thinking about establishing county governments and passing the Public Financial Management Bill can borrow a masterpiece Bill from Kenya. So, we are doing this for ourselves at the moment, but other countries can come and look at what we are doing and learn from us. With those remarks, I support."
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