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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Kipkemboi Melly",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to second the amendment as moved by the Senator for West Pokot. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, according to the Report of this Committee, I want to believe that these are the recommendations of the Controller of Budget and not those of the Committee. This is because the Report just highlights what has already been done by the Controller of Budget. We need the Committee to come up with its own recommendations. The Constitution gives this House powers to oversight the county governments on matters devolution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would be surprised if I am told that the Uasin Gishu County Government does not have the capacity to make budgets, yet it has people who have graduated with Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Masters degrees. This Report says that some counties do not have capacity; that we lack human resource to prepare budgets. I do not believe that is the case. I think that one of the core functions of the county assemblies is to ensure that they come up with budgets, because this is what will run the counties in terms of development and recurrent expenditure throughout the year. The budget will always determine what should be done. But when we say that the county governments have no capacity to handle issues of budgets, it raises a lot of concern. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the recommendation for further investigation to be done, I want to request that the Committee of the Senate revisits it. They should go back and try to give this House the right information. There is no other person who will do this job apart from this Committee. We do not expect the governor or somebody else to do this. The Committee, mandated by the Constitution, under the Standing Orders, should investigate and bring to this House accurate information regarding issues of expenditure. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Senate may not actually do the oversight function. This is because if we have a board, as proposed in a Bill by one of the Senators, 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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