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    "content": "Openness: The requirement is; be open to the public, county assembly, Office of the Controller of Budget, Auditor-General and to the Senate on all aspects of expenditure and funds that come to your disposal by virtue of your position. That is the Constitution. I will quickly refer the Senate to page four of the County Assembly document volume III, you will see the Budget Implementation Status Report Financial year 2015-2016. This is a document that is issued from the county treasury. It is issued from the Governor’s Government. It is a blue document. I think four is on the flipside, look at page five. I referred to the title for identification of the document we are considering. That document is made pursuant to our legal obligation on the part of the Governor to report on all matters of public finance and in particular budget implementation to the county assembly. That obligation for good order can be found in Section 30(2) of the County Governments Act. Let me read it for your information because it refers directly to the Governor. It says: “the Governor shall”, when you go to Section 30(2)(j), it states:- “Submit to the County Assembly an annual report on the implementation status of the county policies and plans”. This includes the budget. This is a specific statutory duty given to the Governor. The Governor shall. In this report that we have, if you go with me to page eight, where the heading or the subtitling is “Overall Budget Outlook and Implementation Report, at No.12, there is a report on the total expenditure on development for the year which was Kshs1,161,269,008 as total expenditure on development. That is the number they have given as money expended 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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