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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me also join my colleagues in welcoming everyone from recess and thank them for the good job that the Committees have been doing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on this Petition, I thank the Senator for Bomet, because we have been alive to this issue of Bomet budget-making process and I think it is important that it came here. I just want to point out two things regarding the budget process. That any budget that is approved by the County Assembly when it is being forwarded to the Controller of Budget, it must be accompanied by a letter signed by both the Clerk to the County Assembly and the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for finance. That is the only way the Controller of Budget accepts any budget from a county government. Nonetheless, one of the things we need to be very clear about is the amount of money provided for in the budget for the County Assembly. These amounts have been approved by this House in the County Allocation of Revenue Bill - what we were calling the limits for the County Assemblies. This is not negotiable because it is a law passed by both Houses of the Parliament of Kenya. That is one of the issues of contention which has no basis. If governors start creating their own figures, it is not acceptable. I want to encourage members that where there is a challenge regarding the budget-making process, there are very clear processes in the law on what needs to be done and how that process is conducted; so if there are any issues we want to encourage members to bring them to our attention so that we can deal with them. Thank you."
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