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    "id": 921834,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, it is true that particularly when the County Government of Taita Taveta appeared before my Committee, we referred to Regulation 25 of the PFM Regulations for County Governments. It is very clear that allocations to County Assembly shall not exceed 7 per cent of the county’s revenue or twice the emoluments, whichever is lower. These are part of the fiscal responsibility principles that start from the Constitution; they are in the PFM Act and the regulations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have consulted my colleagues, some who seat in the Finance and Budget Committee. In the CARA, we have introduced ceilings because CARA is an Act of Parliament and the regulations, I am talking about is subsidiary legislation, then, in that hierarchy, we have now reverted to the position taken in CARA. I just want to encourage the House that those ceilings on average, County Assemblies are now getting close to 12.5 per cent. In certain counties, we have seen that county assemblies are engaging in all sorts of mischief because their allocations far exceed what they need to pay salaries."
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