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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "May I rephrase and say that regarding the suggestion by a contributor earlier that Sen. Munyes should have known this, we should all know that probably what has happened there could as well be happening in our counties. Maybe our speakers could be colluding with the governors. I want to ask President Uhuru’s Government to make sure that they fund the Office of the Auditor-General. He should be given equipment, human resources and money to make sure that he audits the 47 counties thoroughly so that this information can then come to us. I want to urge the Speaker of the Senate to move with speed in the amendment of Standing Orders that we hope will bring in oversight committees namely, the County Investments Committee and the County Accounts Committees so that they can be doing oversight for us. I am sure if they were there, they would have analysed these figures one by one and the people responsible would not get away with it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to end my contribution on this issue by again drawing the attention of Members of the Committee to page 16 of the report. Allow me to read:- “An analysis of the revised budget estimates shows that the county executive committee budgeted for the county assembly which is contrary to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Public Finance Act.” If you allow the county executive committee to budget for themselves and then go on and budget for the other areas including an independent arm like the county assembly, then you are breaching the constitutional principle of separation of powers. What will happen then is that the county assembly will now be the good old councillors who used to 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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