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    "id": 622799,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) A.W. Ng’ang’a",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill because it empowers the Office of the Controller of Budget, so that it can discharge its duties. This is a very good Bill. There is no way the Controller of Budget is supposed to safeguard the budget-making process and yet is not empowered enough financially to execute its duties. So, it is good for this Parliament to make sure that we give the Controller of Budget enough money. There is no way we can give the office the duty to check whether we spend the money that we set aside properly and yet that body is not given sufficient funds to do the job. This Bill is very timely and good. As we know, the Controller of Budget cannot do all this work alone. She or he has to hire staff to assist in the running of the office and making sure that all the reports are good enough to be presented. The Controller of Budget is a very important office now that we have two levels of government. Right now, nobody safeguards public funds in this country once the money is dispatched to the county governments and the national Government. At the county government level, other levies and taxes are collected, but nobody can tell how much comes from the different counties. Nobody has ever made sure that county governments remit all the money they collect to the Consolidated Fund. There is so much wastage in the county governments. Some money is forwarded while some is left in the counties, but the counties still demand for more money from the national Government. With the Office of the Controller of Budget well equipped with running systems and structures, it will follow up and 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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