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    "id": 294271,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand in support of this Bill. This Bill is absolutely necessary so that it shares out the responsibility of managing money matters to the county governments and about oversight to the National Assembly and the Senate. I have seen that the Bill is doing what it is supposed to do and also minding the provisions of the Constitution. When one looks at the proposed Section 46, the overall responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary includes advising the county governments on how to prepare their budgets and helping them to build their capacity. It is quite clear as has been enumerated here before, that in addition to the duties given in the Constitution the Cabinet Secretary will oversee the formulation of the overall economic and financial policies of the Government. When one looks at the Constitution, these are the very things that have been enumerated by Articles 225 and 114 of the Constitution. All money Bills will take into account the view of the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance. So, both the Constitution and the Bill are taking into account that the policy direction in any given year will come from the Executive of the day. Therefore, it is the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance, who will on behalf of the Government or the Executive, give that policy direction and also throughout the year, ensure that all Government entities, both national and county, are following that policy direction. That is why in Article 114 of the Constitution, all money Bills will require the views of the Cabinet Secretary to be taken into account. Therefore, when this proposed Bill is talking about the views of the Cabinet Secretary being taken into account in Clause 36, it is repeating wording that is already in the Constitution. I want to agree that although we have two levels of Government, the country is one. Therefore, the overall management direction is coming from the national government and certain responsibilities devolved to the county governments. So, once we understand that it is one, then we will not be so concerned that the Cabinet Secretary is being given a chance to give his or her views to the Parliamentary Committee before they come out with their direction. This will assist the National Assembly or the Senate for that matter, to make their decision from an informed view because then the Cabinet"
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