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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I want to thank the Senator for bringing the Motion. Indeed, this Motion will ensure that we disburse funds to the counties. The Schedule will for the time inform the counties and guide the Senators regarding how the National Treasury will disburse monies every month. Whenever there is a delay in disbursement of monies to any county, the respective Senator will be able to follow up. Having said that, it is worrying that while we are disbursing all these monies to the counties, we do not see a lot of impact. I want to challenge the Chairman of the Commission on Revenue Allocation, Mr. Cheserem, that when we will be reviewing the sharing formula, we should not us per capita but percentage. When we use ‘per capita’ some counties are assumed to be doing well yet that is not true on the ground. If the formula is based on percentage, we will review the allocation to many other counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when devolution started we had a lot of teething problems in terms of procurement and supplies. A number of suppliers have not been paid up to date. I would recommend that that we should have a meeting with the Auditor General, the Controller of Budget, the National Treasury and the procurement team before we go for the elections. This is because procurement in the counties was not done right. In some cases the Controller of Budget has receipts showing that procurement was done, but that is not the case on the ground. We also need to agree on how the suppliers will be paid. The schedule that was sent by the Treasury shows that we have Kshs32 billion still lying at the Treasury. The Treasury, therefore, needs to explain why this is the case. Were the counties unable to get their monies by the close of the last financial year because of the challenges of procurement? I know that the Committee that deals with 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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