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    "content": "Therefore, many suppliers will suffer if we go for election before they are paid. We know that most counties owe them a lot of money. Secondly, we all know the term of the Transition Authority (TA) ended and they were replaced by the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee. It is a pity that we are going for elections and yet this Committee does not have an inventory of counties’ assets and liabilities. We do not even have a report that shows us that. Many issues have been raised, for instance, outstanding imprest, where across the board, every county has a challenge. In Parliament, we have a very good system. If the counties had borrowed such a system, today they would not be talking about outstanding imprest. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other query is surrender of imprest. Most officers in the counties have not done so. Some are aspiring for political seats. I am wondering how they are being cleared. Political parties should also take it up; that, you must clear and ensure that as you contest for any position, you have surrendered the public funds that you have not used. There are many other challenges in the counties. I hope that when my Senator takes over the County Government of Kakamega, where my brother has been given direct nomination, he will follow up. I hope the Committee will recommend that as we go ---"
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