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    "id": 423618,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to clarify for the sake of the Senator for Kakamega County that, indeed, the budget for the independent constitutional offices that carry out this very useful oversight work like the Auditor-General, the EACC and so on is very limited. In fact, we have learnt this from our meetings. Yesterday we met with the Auditor-General and this morning we met with the EACC. In both cases, they have not been given any additional funding for the 47 new county governments. In fact, the Auditor-General’s budget last year was Kshs2 billion, the same amount he was getting when he was auditing the national government. In the case of the EACC, this morning they informed us that whereas last year before the county governments were in place, they got Kshs1.8 billion. The same was reduced in the last financial year after the 47 county governments came into being, to Kshs1.2 billion. So, the challenge is there for these institutions to be able to carry out their mandate effectively. Our committee has proposed to meet with the Budget Committee of the National Assembly to push for additional funding, so that these institutions can carry out their work effectively."
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