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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I want to thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute. Looking at the Bill, when I was reading through the amendments, I did not understand why it only concerned county governments. The end of the memorandum says that this Bill is one concerning county governments to manage public finances at the county level. This Bill was first published on 10th December, 2014. Two years down the line, it has finally found its way to Parliament. I wish to take this opportunity to ask those Members who sit on the House Business Committee (HBC) that they need to prioritise Bills that are supposed to be tabled on the Floor of the House. Bringing this Bill early for the First Reading would have saved this country millions of shillings. That notwithstanding, I thank the HBC for that now that the Bill has found its way here so that we can address some of the issues which have been raised. Secondly, there are so many amendments that may be confusing. Looking at the import of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, too many amendments make it confusing. We would have asked for a review of the whole Bill in the past when there were too many amendments. That was when we had one Bill which you can understand when you read. That notwithstanding, the amendments which have been brought here are in line with the Constitution. It tries to guard public finances at the county level. At the same time, we need to be a little bit careful. When Hon. Jakoyo was speaking, he looked at the Bill and came out to try and give a practical application outside the Bill. He tried to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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