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    "id": 868798,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also add my voice to this important Bill. As I do that, I must thank Hon. Duale for the way he has moved this Bill. I was very impressed as a finance person. He did it very well. Looking at our Constitution, public finance is given a whole chapter, namely, Chapter 12. That tells us as Kenyans how important the issue of public finance is in this country. But in terms of implementation and day-to-day operation, it is the PFM Act and regulations under the same Act that are used to implement the chapter. So, the PFM Act is very important to this country. All the amendments being proposed here are to make sure that we manage our resources better; what the Constitution calls prudent management of resources. I have taken time to read through this Bill. I am not sure whether I will have enough time to say what I want to say, but I will try. There are some general observations on the Bill which are meant to try to edit the current Act so that we can align it with the wording in the Constitution. That is critical. There is also an attempt to provide more time where there are timelines. For example, when you are supposed to provide cash flow projections, submit annual development plans and submit monitoring reports. There is a bit of change in timelines so that departments and ministries are allowed more time to make their submissions, which I think is important. Let me focus on the main issues in this Bill. Looking at Clause 3 of the Bill, there is the issue of creation or dissolution of new Government entities, more so county government entities. This clause is ensuring that other than the approval being done by CECM and the county assemblies, Parliament is being brought on board, being the body, which oversees national issues. That is very critical such that in addition to that approval process taking place at the 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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