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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "allowing for the disbursement of finances in the event that these Bills are not passed in future. As I sit, I want to say two things. Let the message go out to our governors that we know what goes on in the counties. We have given the Auditor-General - this afternoon we will be proposing that he gets a bit more money – the mandate to audit our spending agencies, especially the county governments. We have not just devolved resources and power, hon. Members. We have in reality devolved corruption. That is the tragedy. I do not think that this is what the struggle for the new Constitution was about. We have created situations out there in the counties that are very frightening. Any of us - I come from Embu County - who knows what actually goes on, will agree that we have a problem that we need to look into. This money needs to be given to the governors, but let them know that we give it to them constrained by the realities that we know take place. They should use this money well. I also want to request you to allow the Budget and Appropriations Committee to meet before the afternoon Session after we have transacted business in this particular Motion. Without anticipating debate and assuming that this hon. House will support my strong plea, allow us to meet so that we can look for that Kshs3.3 billion from somewhere, and be able to bring the amendments to the House with respect to the Estimates, because that money must come from the national Government. It must come from the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), the Judiciary and the national Executive. I am aware of the fact that there are some monies that we made available to our friends in the hope that they would use that money for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). But I think we must also take responsibility, and I hope that I can persuade the Committee and this House so that some of the money also comes from the PSC, or the National Assembly itself; the Senate has to, in all fairness, be prepared to part with that Kshs1 billion."
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