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    "id": 868778,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "These amendments are very technical. So, I will go slowly unlike other Bills where I would skip some items and allow Members to fill up. This Bill is a bit more complex. Clause 8 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 7 of the principal Act, which is the PFM Act, by inserting a new subsection to prohibit procurement at both levels of Government during the three months period before a general election. Any procurement during that time may only be done with the approval of the National Treasury. You have seen that people commit public expenditure three months to general elections. An example is even with governors. They use that money to campaign. This amendment says that there will be no use of public funds three months to general elections. No procurement will be done. Procurements are done left, right and centre even two weeks to the general elections. The moment the governor loses, he takes away money. That is why we have huge pending bills, some of which cannot be verified. Some of them cannot be seen. The amendment to Section 7 of the PFM Act prohibits procurement at both levels of the Government three months before general elections. If there will be necessity, if that procurement is important and there will be an emergency, the approval of the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury must be sought. Clause 11 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 38 of the principal Act to ensure that all conditional grants to county governments from the national Government and share of revenue raised nationally are included in the Budget Estimates submitted to the National Assembly by the Cabinet Secretary. This will allow Parliament to demand accountability for conditional grants from the relevant national Government accounting officers. That is very clear. I think it is a bit simple that all conditional grants to county governments from the national Government and share of revenue raised must be included in the Budget Estimates that the Cabinet Secretary will present to the House. Clause 15 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 66 of the principal Act to include monitoring of nonfinancial performance by accounting officers of the Judiciary, Parliament, constitutional commissions and independent offices. This links financial resources to actual output achieved and provides Parliament with an accurate account. This is more for monitoring and evaluation by these agencies to Parliament. Parliament must be able to monitor and evaluate The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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