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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "we will not feel as if there could be some favoritism, because if you do not give us the criteria, then what are you using to give these conditional grants? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, of course, the Committee also observed the rate at which the counties were using the money for construction of county headquarters. This was a big topic in this Senate. The county headquarters have been constructed year in, year out. A lot of money has been spent on them to the extent that the Controller of Budget and Auditor-General had to query it and even come up with a ceiling. They had to tell them to stop it, because they gave them a ceiling under which they are supposed to operate to construct the county headquarters. At one point, we had indicated that we needed to audit and see how far they had gone. They probably were through with the projects, and we were still allocating funds. Alternatively, if you are allocating more than is required, then this is an aspect that needs to be discussed. This is because we need to operate within the four ceilings that were given by the Controller of Budget. Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the preparation and adoption of annual Budget and Appropriation Bills by the counties, we have heard severally that the counties sometimes use the carrot and stick method. They say that they will not pass these budgets until this or that happens, yet the people who are suffering are the citizens we represent. It is time we saw these budgets and appropriation bills being realized in good time, so that we do not delay further. This is because they are talking of counties suffering, but they are the same ones who will say that they will not pass the budgets until the governors do this and that. We hope to see cooperation in terms of how the county assemblies and the county executive will move, now that the money is finally going to be disbursed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I submit."
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