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    "id": 420841,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Let me thank hon. Ababu Namwamba and his Committee for bringing these Reports. I would like to say that we need to request our Committees to expedite and fast track the laying on the Table of the House and approval by the House of these reports. As the Constitution says, the money that goes to the counties; the 15 per cent of the national revenue as stipulated in the Constitution, will be based on the audited accounts and approval by this House. Therefore, if we go by the Constitution, during this financial year, actually it is the Reports of 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 that will determine how much the county governments will receive because they have to be approved by this House. Hon. Speaker, three key issues are coming out in these two Reports. The problems in government systems, Ministries and departments are three; the issues of pending bills, outstanding imprest and under-performance. If you read the two Reports, those are the three key elements that have been highlighted by the Committee in both Reports. Hon. Speaker, if you look at the pending bills, as the Mover has just said; as at 30th June, 2009, we had pending bills amounting to Kshs16.393 billion. Actually, that increased in the following financial year; that is 2009/2010, to Kshs16.640 billion. As the Mover has said, this has portrayed Government in bad light because very many people, especially supplier of goods and services are getting a little bit chilly in dealing with Government and it is affecting service delivery to wananchi."
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