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    "id": 647436,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Members for those valid interventions. I sympathize with the situation of the Senator for West Pokot for he has people becoming bankrupt and it is the same thing in Mandera County or any other county because of the delay. What Treasury is suggesting is that we can take two actions. One is a situation where the Senate can, by resolution, direct Treasury to investigate and take appropriate action in view of the material breach of the financial regulations. There was a time we did that and I think that is one way we can attach the reports that the Senator for Kakamega County has mentioned; the Controller of Budgets pending Bills and the Auditor- General’s Report. That is one way of doing it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other one is where the Senator for West Pokot can forward these reports himself, as a Senator, to Treasury. He can forward the list of people who have not been paid and have completed the jobs that they have been contracted to do, or supplied services or goods but have not been paid. Based on that, on the basis of the response by the Treasury, they can take action because it is in breach of the Constitution. Treasury can now ask the Controller of Budget to investigate whether those payments are outstanding. Once they confirm, they can go ahead and stop funds being transferred to the county under Article 225 of the Constitution. I think that is long overdue and we need to do it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the point the Senator asked again with regard to 4 (a) and (b) is that, as far as the law is concerned, there is no county that can contract for 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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