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    "content": "Under the miscellaneous provision of this Bill, there is a very important piece of information that Sen. Wamatangi has included. Part of the reports that shall be given by these committees will include notes on how they used the finances during the tenure of operation, the number of meetings and the services they procured, including their cost and if what they procured were subject to public procurement regulations. This is part of management of public funds. This is extremely important because we have witnessed it both at county governments and national Government. There is a sort of demon that gets into Kenyans when they are given a small window of 14 -21 days. You will find a case where somebody decides that the road to the stadium where the governor will be sworn in is in a bad state, therefore, there is need to repair it. They then go ahead and repair it for Ksh60million yet it is a small stretch of 1 kilometre. It is not unusual. With this provision, it will make it extremely difficult for members of this committee to pilferage public funds. This is because they will prepare a handover report. Part of it shall consist of a financial report. It is extremely important for members of these committees of assumption of office to know that if they misappropriate public funds, they shall be liable for prosecution. I have also noted that there are various oaths and affirmations that have been put forth in this Bill as part of the notes. However, I note a typo error which needs to be correct before we pass this Bill. Under the oath of the office of County Executive Committee member (CEC) in the closing part, it says that:- “I shall at all times when required, faithfully and truly give my counsel and advice to the governor of the ….county.’ I think the definite article “the” is placed there by a mistake and should be deleted and reads as follows:- “will truly give my counsel and advice to the governor of (x), (y) or (z) county.” That is something that we may need to correct because it does not give it a clean look. This may not be considered under the purview of this Bill. However, those of us who may be in the Committee on Finance and Budget, may need to consider legislation guided by the provisions of this Bill as we continue to do a cleanup of the Public Finance Management Act. We can do it in a way that upon the lapse of an election period, all county funds shall be made unavailable where even banks shall know that despite the fact that a county may have funds available within its bank account, immediately upon the end of an election. Bank officers shall be held liable if they allow county officers to make transactions. That will help curtail the stories that have been shared by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. of what happened in counties like Nandi and many others where the governors lost the election. With those many remarks, I beg to support."
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