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    "id": 935637,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/935637/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This is a very important amendment to the Bill and I want to support it. When you look at the county executives, some of the CECs in charge of finance are PhD holders and others have Master’s degrees. The same budget prepared at that level is subjected to MCAs who, in some of the counties, might not have the same level of qualifications. So, this amendment is going to ensure that county assemblies have technical people who can look at the budget keenly and analyse it and then advise the MCAs, so that the input of the MCAs is at par with what we are doing. By design, county assemblies are a replica of the National Assembly. So, in a situation where the National Assembly is supported by the PBO and county assemblies do not have such an outfit to support them, then there is a disadvantage to county assemblies. Once this amendment passes, I can assure you the whole budget-making process at the county assembly level is going to improve for the betterment of devolution and in terms of the public accessing services as they should be delivered. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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