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    "id": 622874,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/622874/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rotino",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2774,
        "legal_name": "Philip Lotiolo Ruto Rotino",
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    "content": "Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this very important Bill. At the outset, let me say that I support this Bill, which is long overdue. The Office of the Controller of Budget is supposed to have been created a long time ago. We are dealing with limited resources that need to be controlled at all levels. This office will go a long way in trying to minimize corruption and the roadside declaration that politicians and other powerful people in the Executive always do. They go to rallies and say that they are going to do this and that, and yet they do not even know if it is within the budget. The Controller of Budget should control and ensure that whatever is done is within the Budget. We are dealing with resources which are limited and are supposed to be guided and budgeted, especially now that we have county governments. The Controller of Budget must create offices that will control the spending of budgets within the counties. If you look at the distribution within the Budget, you will find that the resources are limited. We should, therefore, ensure that every county spends the money that they are given promptly and wisely. The Controller of Budget should be strengthened in terms of budget allocation to control the budget and reduce the pending bills that we always receive. We receive pending bills because people spend without knowing that we have to control the budget that we are given. There must be a ceiling. The Office of the Controller of Budget will also assist the Government reduce corruption. When there is no control over the budget, the Executive tends to spend the way it wants. The tendency for corruption will always be there. In addition, monitoring of the Budget is very important. We need to finance it well so that the office is strengthened. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this office should have been created long time ago to enable us control the Budget that we make. With those few remarks, I beg to support"
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