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    "content": "This, again, is significant, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the sense that for the moment, that the period between March to September for which this Act is valid, the county governments would continue using those rates and levies that had been approved previously under the Local Government until the county governments enact their own Finance Acts to enable them come up with their own rates. So, therefore, these are some of the key areas that I wanted to highlight. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it also says in Section 30:- “On the commencement of this Act, any regulations, directions and instructions in force under the Public Finance Management Act shall apply under this Act with the necessary alterations so as to be applicable to the county governments.” In other words, where relevant, despite the fact that there is a Public Finance Management Act, the provisions of this Act will continue to apply also as long as this Act is in force. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, then, why do we need this amendment? I think what is important is that according to reports from the TA; the county governments are not all on the same page with regard to the establishment of the county treasuries. We have been told that the county treasuries in some of the counties have not been set up. Some county governments are still in the process of fully constituting their county executive committees. Other county governments are probably in the process of appointing their"
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