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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is an important law because it gives effect and operationalises one of the constitutional offices. It is expected that Parliament can prepare and legislate to allow it to operate smoothly and effectively as would be expected or as is anticipated by the Constitution. This being one of those regulatory offices that are meant to monitor the efficient, transparent and prudent use of resources, it is something we should all support and give all the instruments and the force it needs to operate. The law provides responsibilities and duties of the Office of the Controller of Budget, which covers overseeing the implementation of the Budget, authorisation of withdrawals and monitoring receipts that come in through various ways, for example, from the Consolidated Fund. I am aware that our Government and the county governments have other means of raising revenue through market charges, land rates and various fees and charges in all manner of activities. I am wondering whether all this money is accounted for and utilised properly. We hardly know what else has been raised apart from what comes from the National Treasury, which in my view, must be fairly substantial. All county and municipal councils in the past operated 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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