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    "id": 868825,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill 2017. I wish to indicate that I support it but with amendments. I indicate that the PFM Act gives effect to Chapter 12 of the Constitution and enhances prudent financial management of public resources. This is one of the pieces of legislation that is supposed to help, especially with our devolved system and to ensure that even as our counties are getting more resources, they should be using the same prudently. However, if you see the period within which the Act was passed, the counties had not come into effect. So, really it has been a learning curve. As the English say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. I think counties have eaten literally. So, the proof is in the eating and it is up to us as Parliament to seal all the loopholes that would allow the non-prudent use of resources. A lot of our counties have a lot of issues, including ghost projects and misuse of resources. I cannot even begin to say. A lot of people are getting disillusioned but I would want to say that it is up to us as the National Assembly, as the standard-setting body, to make sure that the country does not lose hope in devolution because it is one of the systems that is supposed to 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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