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    "content": "Secretary will be able to point out what the views of the Government of the day are and Parliament is not stopped from referring to the Constitution to see whether there is any conflict when they give their decision. We must realize that although we are having devolved governments, the 47 counties are part of the whole. Therefore, there has to be some synergy between the national and the county governments. This cannot be there if in the planning stages, including in Parliament, the voice of the Executive is locked out entirely. How then can they even negotiate or try to convince each other of the differing positions that they hold? I, therefore, want to laud the proposals in the Bill for providing an avenue for continuous engagement between the National Government and the National Assembly in the process of Budget making. We should remember that the buck stops with the President and her Cabinet. It is therefore, important that the Executive, headed by the President, has access to discuss and push its view before the National Assembly before they firm up the Budget proposals either by making amendments or altering what has been proposed by the Government. I notice that the Act has taken care of all the areas that would worry someone. It has given us in Clause 12 the general responsibilities and the powers of the National Treasury, which is again backed by the Constitution. When one looks at the Constitution, the Cabinet Secretary is given powers to stop any disbursements to a county if the money is not being used in accordance with the Constitution. These are things that may worry somebody who looks at this proposed Bill without synchronizing with what is in the Constitution. What comes out is clearly that the National Government through the Cabinet Secretary has the overall control of money matters, which is, again, given by the Constitution. It is mainly in policy direction and prudent use of the money following the policy direction and legislative directions given by the laws that we have made."
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