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    "id": 647405,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very important statement for the Senator because it is about the pending bills. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo wanted the Treasury to explain the issue surrounding failure by county governments to pay for goods and services supplied by suppliers and contractors. The response from the Treasury is that they have reflected on the above and would like to advise as follows:- (1) That, according to Section 94(a)(i) of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012, any county government that fails to make any payment as and when due is in serious material breach of the law. (2) That such serious material breach of law warrants intervention by the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to the national Treasury in the manner contemplated under Article 225 of the Constitution which talks about stoppage of funds to county governments. (3) It should, however, be noted that the Treasury has not received any formal complaints by suppliers that county governments have failed to honour payments due to them. (4) Furthermore, in light of the fact that:- (a) The PFM Act, 2012, and the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) design does not allow county governments to enter into commitments for which there are no approved budgets---. That is the law as far as the PFM Act and the IFMIS are concerned. 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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