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    "id": 676956,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "must be openness, accountability and public participation. The public must be involved. There must be prudent and responsible management of public resources. Finally, there must be responsible financial management and clearing of fiscal reporting. What happens in county governments? I thought the Budget and the Appropriations Bill we pass in this House are what guides the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury in allocation of projects. The same is replicated in the county government. What has been passed, through public participation by county assembly, must prevail. You will find that in a county, the governor wakes up one morning and says that he wants to buy a property and yet it is not in the budget; that property has not been budgeted for and is not in the Appropriations Bill. If that is not stopped, governors will now finance political parties. They will finance candidates. In the event that the governor loses, who will be accountable for the budget in 2016, 2017 and 2018? This House is under obligation to safeguard budgets in both the national Government and county government. How do we safeguard the Budget for the 2017/2018 Financial Year? As we go into elections, we want to know where we need to invest core services so that in the event of a new Government in the national arena, we will know that the budget has been properly utilised according to the law. In the event that a governor loses, then the 2017/2018 budget for that county must also be secured and safeguarded within the reading of Article 101 of the Constitution on openness, accountability, public participation, prudent and responsible management of public resources, and responsible financial management and clear fiscal reporting. This is a very important Bill. If we finish it today, it will go to the Senate. I will ask the House Business Committee (HBC) to bring it for the Third Reading, either on Tuesday or Thursday, next week so that this Bill is enacted into law immediately. Those of us who served in the last Parliament know that the NGCDF law is very clear. It reaches a stage where you cannot use the funds and your account is frozen as we approach a general election. With those many remarks, I ask Hon. Makali Mulu, the Member for Kitui Central, who is an expert in this area, to second. I urge my colleagues to prepare amendments to make sure that we protect public resources as we head towards the general election."
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