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    "id": 960972,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 347,
        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Implementation of functions must necessarily and deliberately be funded. If there is no funding, functions of an organisation technically and constructively grind to a halt. Unfortunately, this is the situation that is obtaining in counties. My observation is that the national Government continues to draw from a questionable Appropriation Act, conscious of the fact that it is not anchored on legislation and is probably administrative. I am glad that the Chairperson of Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget has identified this priority. He should take the initiative and get in touch with the Office of the Controller of Budget, and find out the basis upon which the national Government is funded. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in our Law classes we were told that any law that creates such a situation may only have been drafted by a fool. So, every law must have an exit strategy and safe passage. I am sure that if we look at the totality of the Constitution, our Committee should find a safe passage to negotiate a situation where our county governments will be funded. Articles 222, 223 and 224 of the Constitution seem to talk of appropriation of funds allocated to the national Government and the County Appropriation Act, but we must find a common situation that will not have county governments crash because that is not the purpose of the Constitution."
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