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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Controller of Budget Bill (National Assembly Bill No.21 of 2015) be now read a Second Time. I want to go on record stating that this is one of the most important Bills. There are only six Members in the Chamber. I want to go on record on the HANSARD that there are three Members from the CORD Coalition and more so, from the Human Rights Caucus, and three Members, led by myself and the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Hon. Bowen, from the Jubilee Coalition. This is the problem with the Members of this House. They are not present when we are debating this Bill or at the Committee of the whole House stage. They are not present when the President assents to the Bill because they cannot access State House. After the law is enacted and the Act is gazetted, they remember the Bill during their political rallies and funerals and you will find them challenging it in court. This is a very important Bill. Having said that and having been to the House of Commons a month ago where I saw only two Members present when a serious debate was going on, I will forgive them. The proposed Controller of Budget Bill gives effect to certain provisions of Articles 225, 228 and 252 of the Constitution as far as the functions of that office are concerned. The current holder of that office, Agnes Odhiambo, is up to the task. Before she got this job, she was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Board. On the basis of that, I am sure Ms. Agnes Odhiambo is doing a wonderful job in making sure that the roles as stipulated in Article 228 of the Constitution are implemented. Over the last eight years, our country has experienced a broad-based economic growth and this has resulted in certain reductions in key economic parameters. This performance reflects that we enjoy sound macro- economic and structural policies that have been implemented over a long period in the last Government, the previous one and this Government. I want to confirm that the country has maintained a regime of a prudent fiscal policy and that has led to the creation of a significant improvement in how we manage our public financial systems. An efficient and effective public finance management system is a cornerstone or a condition for achieving Vision 2030 and various developmental objectives. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, investors, both local and foreign, require assurance from any Government, the Government of Kenya included, of existence of a country’s public finance management system which is reliable and maintains good financial fiscal discipline. They want to see a country that can at all times contain its public debt, both at the management and the fiscal levels. Investors also want to look at the ability of a country to borrow and attract donor funds. I am sure today the rating of our country is very high. Coming to specific Bill, because the above observations that I have made essentially set the stage for the Controller of Budget Bill, 2015, which is divided into the following:- 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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