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    "id": 633701,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Khaniri is right. I am sorry. The response came from the office of Controller of Budget. As at 30th June 2015, the counties had accumulated pending Bills amounting to Kshs37.46 billion. This amount consisted of Kshs9.25 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs28.21 billion for Development Expenditure. The details per county are provided. The hon. Senator has a copy; it gives the breakdown for each of the 47 counties with the highest amount being Bungoma County with Kshs2.5 billion. Of course, there are a number of counties with over Kshs1 billion. The aggregate pending bills of Kshs37.46 billion are based on the financial reports by the county treasuries. One county, namely, Tana River, did not provide information on its outstanding bills as of 30th June, 2015. The financial reports from the counties are based on Section 166 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012 and did not explain how the counties incurred the pending bills or how they will be settled. So, in the report that the Controller of Budget has access to, those reports only provides the bills. It does not state how they were incurred or when they will be settled. In conclusion, this report provides a summary of the pending bills submitted by county treasuries for the year 2014/2015. These figures are included in the Annual County Government Budget Implementation Review Report of 2014/2015 published by the Controller of Budget in August, 2015. A copy of that report has been tabled in this House. It is available. Madam Temporary Speaker, that is the response to the Statement. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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