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    "id": 925857,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "pressed to explain, he said that he reallocated that money. It was used to buy fuel for lorries. Therefore, reallocation of funds is a major problem affecting most counties. The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) clearly states that money meant for specific project must be retained there until and unless there is a process that has been provided for. I know that this problem is not just unique to my county. Some governors allocate money to drugs, but shift it to other things. They at times allocate money to roads, but use that money as recurrent. That is why the absorption rate for development is very low. According to the Auditor General, my county returned Kshs1.7 billion to Nairobi yet the money was meant for development. In my county, the wage bill was at 35 per cent when Governor Lagat was leaving the office. The wage bill was at 35 per cent which was acceptable; it was about Kshs1.8 billion or Kshs1.9 billion. When the new Governor Sang came in, he raised it up to Kshs2.3 billion, that is around 49 per cent. Where is the money that is meant for development? There are quite a number of counties whose recurrent expenditure that goes to the wage bill is much more than what is allocated. The second issue is on the pending bills. I am told by the Chairperson of the County Public Accounts Investments Committee (CPAIC) that the Auditor-General, as he enjoys his sunset time in that office, is supposed to appear before the Senate on Monday to answer on the report that he did on the pending bills. It was shocking to the country that out of Kshs108 billion that was meant for pending bills, there were a lot of billions that were meant to be fake pending bills. In my county, close to Kshs400 million was being called fake pending bills. We will join the Chairperson and the Members of CPAIC on Monday so that we can critique and question the Auditor-General. We want to find out who is this person that would want to claim fake pending bills? Where are they taking money? We want to urge the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to investigate the fake pending bills in our counties and somebody must be held accountable. The third point is that I have seen another unique thing which was common in Nairobi City County; they have incurred huge bills in legal fees. You will find most counties are outsourcing the legal services. That has become a big problem in our counties. Counties should not outsource their legal services. Under my Chairmanship, we have the County Attorney Bill which will create positions that will assist county governments to create vibrant legal departments. It will also guide them to carry out their operations within the law so that they do not risk being taken to court. I know most county governments have been taken to court on issues to do with human resource, procurement, hiring and many others. Our Committee on Justice Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee appreciates the fact that the National Assembly is sometimes mischievous, but we hope they will pass this County Attorney Bill so that we can have county attorneys. Number four, my Committee and the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare are considering a Bill on ensuring that we create a law on County Public Service Boards (CPSB). This CPSB will assist in streamlining the hiring of human resource in the"
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