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"content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We are talking about allocation of funds to the counties. But most important, is really the implementation of functions for which those funds are budgeted for. In interrogating this Bill - which I support - it is very important that we appreciate that counties experience challenges in the process of implementing this Budget. Some of those challenges come from this thing called Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS). This needs to be considered and when we are considering the allocations to those counties, it is important that we audit the impact and the effect of IFMIS on the performance of counties. Sometimes, we want to blame it on governors. Our brothers and sisters out there are also wondering why we cannot talk about these systems that keep letting them down. I can say this many times because I have been a victim of application of this IFMIS process. It is very important that the National Government puts its systems in place and makes them effective so that the Exchequer can be able to coordinate properly with the counties. The issue of audit---"
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