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    "content": "illegally because they want to do so. They are doing so because acting legally in these circumstances would be a bigger ass than the law. We are urging and hoping that the Controller of Budget will be very reasonable about this and, indeed, do a few things, including clarifying the mandate of the county governments in certain areas. We formally raised the matter of the construction of classrooms at the county level in our meeting with the Controller of Budget. As Senators are aware, the education sector has not been devolved to the county level, except for the Early Childhood Education (ECD). Yet at the county level, classrooms are dilapidated. There are no classrooms in certain areas. The county governments have set aside money that they want to use to build the classrooms. Unfortunately, if they do so, under the law, then they will be told that they are investing money in a function that has not been devolved to the county governments. Consequently, they will be in contradiction of the law. The Controller of Budget can also very well say that the money must be recovered irrespective of the fact that the money was used to build classrooms. We have asked the Controller of Budget to be cognizant of certain things and the fact that one level of Government can assist another level of Government. Where money has been used for infrastructure, even if the function has not been devolved to the county governments, the expenditure must be respected and the Controller of Budget should make an exemption to some of these things. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we move on to make sure that money is spend the way it is supposed to be, as the “over-sighters” of this function, let us also keep in mind, as we have said many times, that the process of devolution is not an event. It is, indeed, a process. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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