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    "id": 603267,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603267/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angatia",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2153,
        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
        "slug": "ayub-savula-angatia"
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important amendment Bill. First and foremost, the Bill is good as it seeks to protect our county governments, just like the national Government has been protected against pending bills, litigation and auctioning of properties. However, my caution is that governors in this country have taken over the procurement process. They have developed a mechanism whereby they manage the procurement process from the beginning, namely, the advertisement stage up to the award level. They do not give room for procurement rules and procedures to govern the process. That is how counties have accumulated many bills. For instance, Vihiga County has accumulated Kshs2.1 billion while Bungoma County has accumulated Kshs1.8 billion. Where were the governors when these bills were being accumulated? Why were the procurement committees awarding tenders when there was no money in their Budgets? The county government through the governors must allow the Public Procurement and Disposal Act to be used properly. This is because the money in their counties does not belong to the governors but to the people they are governing in their counties. This is what the governor should be told. Governors have gone ahead to misuse their powers and secure overdrafts. An overdraft is a loan. The law states that county governments can only borrow after two years in existence and by approval from the National Treasury. Before even two years expired, a county government was operating on an overdraft. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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