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    "id": 935635,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Denittah Ghati",
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairman for the opportunity to support the amendment to establish the County Assembly Fiscal Bureau. This is a critical amendment. You have seen how counties are wasting resources because there is no capacity to handle finances. We have seen damning reports from the Auditor-General in our various counties. I imagine if we had competent personnel to handle county finances, we would not be having damning reports from the Auditor-General. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, this bureau is more of what we have in Parliament. If we had the real interest of devolution, then what happens at the national level must also happen at the county level. So, the establishment of this bureau at the county level is very good. Our counties are doing badly. They are not doing well when it comes to finances. I would suggest a situation where even the recruitment of people to manage this bureau, as the Leader of the Majority Party has said, should not be based on where they come from. They do not have to come from the county. We can look at competent people who basically can run the bureaus. That is in the best interest of devolution. It is in the best interest of ensuring that our counties are sustainable. So, I support the establishment of the bureau. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman."
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