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    "id": 935436,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipkelion East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: Amendment of 31. Section 109 of the principal Act be amended— section 109 of No. 18 of 2012. (a) in subsection (4)(a) by deleting the words “or a bank approved by the County Executive Committee member responsible for finance and shall be kept”; and (b) by inserting the following new subsections immediately after subsection (6)— (6A) The County Treasury shall submit all requisitions to the controller of Budget as soon as is practically possible, but no later than forty-eight hours upon receiving the request from respective entities. (6B) An accounting officer when requisitioning for exchequer releases for a county assembly shall submit a copy of the requisition to the Controller of Budget and the Controller of Budget shall only release the funds upon verifying that the requisition submitted by the County Treasury and that by the County Assembly are in conformity. (6C) A County Executive Committee member for finance shall not withhold or refuse to submit a requisition for a County Assembly to the Controller of Budget. (6D) A County Executive Committee member commits an offence under this Act for withholding or refusing to the submit requisition on behalf of the County Assembly to the Controller of Budget Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the justification for this is that there have been a lot of issues in the past where the county executives sometimes arm-twist the county assemblies by even refusing to forward their requisition to the Controller of Budget. So, the amendments which we did here will provide that within 48 hours of receiving the requests by county assemblies, the County Executive Committee member responsible for finance shall submit them to the Controller of Budget promptly without delay. In fact, it provides for sanctions on the county assembly member who fails to do that. This will enhance the independence of county assemblies not to be arm-twisted by the executive to go against the wishes of the residents of the various counties. That is the reason, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman."
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