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    "content": "children in Turkana learning under trees and writing on sand. We even wonder why all these resources are being given to the counties. Why is it that these resources are not transforming people’s lives? Why is it that we cannot see change? We have had the CDF for ten years and we thought we would see change. Today, we are still in the same mess in some of the counties. The Auditor-General’s office has a critical role to audit the funds, but we should ensure that they are provided with sufficient funding for them to move forward. The Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Committee should bring this Senate to where it belongs in order to understand that this Senate is supposed to do oversight as Article 96 stipulates. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at the Attorney-General’s office, it has so many commissions, some of which can now be merged. We should ask ourselves whether we are really spending money properly. Could we merge some of the commissions so that they work together and we do some saving besides strengthening that institution to do better? Among the five policy pillars that we have been given, we hope that the national Treasury will appreciate the recommendations we have made to them and that they will look at it as we move on. One of the things that we must tell the national Treasury is that if they really want to be supported by all the stakeholders, then they must hand in this document as early as December. I know we are usually on recess at that time, but the Committee has a right to come back and interrogate it and nobody will dispute it. They must ensure that they look at the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act and bring the rules and regulations. This is the third year now and we do not have the rules and regulations to run the PMF Act. Last year, they put the rules in the BPS and this year, they have done the same. I know as a Committee, we requested them not to go to next year with the same query. They can finalize it and it will assist to unlock some of these things. In the BPS, one other thing they quoted was the issue of procurement. I think it is something the Senate has to look at and assist to unlock this procurement system that has so many challenges. That is why the National Assembly is also finding itself also in many challenges because of the same Public Procurement and Disposal Act (PPOA). Everyone is running to the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPPOA) to stop tender processes. It is also one way of doing things. I hope that the Senate can unlock some of the regulations that we have talked about. I beg to support."
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