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    "id": 886264,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/886264/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "There is a Clause that states the penalties and consequence of non-adherence to this Act. I want to urge the Mover of this Bill to ensure that it is consistent with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act because the Act has some sanctions and consequences for lack of financial prudence. If counties did what they are required to do, this Bill would be unnecessary. Right now, county assemblies are doing public participation on County Fiscal Strategy Papers (CFSP). It is during the budget making process that priorities are identified and put in a budget. The question is; is the public participation that goes on during the budget making process adequate? I have seen newspaper notices that state; ‘let us meet at a certain hall at nine o’clock in the morning’. The county assembly members would then arrive at four o’clock in the evening with bulky documents and present them to people, who have not interrogated them. As they prepare or present the documents, food will be served outside, for people who have been waiting from nine o’clock in the morning. The priority of those people has always been food rather than looking at the budget documents. We need to fast-track the Public Participation Bill to guide the counties."
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