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    "id": 677014,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "run for governorship. Some governors are asking if their challengers have what it takes. We have seen some governors stating that they must be given an automatic party ticket as they defend their seats for the second term. This is because of the loophole in the law as far as this levy collection is concerned. Clause 33 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 109 of the Act to facilitate easy operationalisation of the Treasury Single Account. This is key because when county governments have several accounts at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), it becomes very difficult for purposes of monitoring and harmonisation. A single account will add a lot of value. Moving on, Clause 37 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 123(3) of the Act to remove the requirement to submit the county government debt management strategy to the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC). This is dangerous. As we approach elections, governors keep incurring bills. Some of them are very crazy. It is necessary that they are monitored. It is time for the CRA and IBEC to pull up their socks to counter that. Otherwise, if we do not look at this critically, the governors who will come in will find a lot of pending bills. I can see my time is up and so, I support the Bill."
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