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    "id": 396335,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mositet",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 608,
        "legal_name": "Peter Korinko Mositet",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to move the following Motion:- THAT, the Senate adopts the report of the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs on the investigations carried out by the Controller of Budget on the irregular alteration to the Budget Estimates for Turkana County for Fiscal Year 2013/14. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Speaker of Turkana County Assembly wrote to the Controller of Budget and the Senate regarding the budget estimates which they had passed and forwarded to the Controller of the Budget. The Senate, through my Committee, wrote to the Controller of Budget requesting for a thorough investigation to be done on this matter. The office of the Controller of Budget interviewed a number of people in Turkana County. That is the governor and the county executive officers. They also interviewed the county assembly members. Out of that exercise, they came up with a report. This is the report before this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, quite a number of things were noted. What was forwarded to the Controller of Budget is a budget which had not been passed by the county assembly. There was a huge variation. By the time they did this, the executive seemed not to have known that if they were to alter anything the assembly had passed, they were supposed to take the budget back to the assembly. There was an understated amount of about Kshs30,165,875 compared to what the county assembly had passed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, quite a number of issues arose after the office of the Controller of Budget went through the budget. They found out that what caused this is as follows: (1) The capacity of the executive at the county level was low. They did not even know what they were supposed to do. As a result of this, it was noted that they need to build their capacity. As per the tables indicated, a number of the figures that were understated were affecting the county. The county assembly and the county executive seem not to have been operating well together. There has been a rift. The conclusion of this by the Office of the Controller of Budget is that some harmonization is required. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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