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    "id": 966955,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "You have to go for a competitive interview, qualify and win. The President, in the best of his knowledge, sends a name here, but you cannot say we were under a tree and we were promised this seat. Who promised you? So, when we are debating about this nominee, let us debate based on the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act. Hon. Deputy Speaker, for you to open the door to the Equalization Fund, Consolidated Fund and county revenue funds, the person who has the key is the Controller of Budget. After we pass the budget, the other important person in its implementation is the Controller of Budget. Once this nominee has been appointed, she has the powers to open the door. Indeed, this is captured in Article 228(4) of the Constitution. It is good even for Members to read the Report and the Chapter on the Controller of Budget in the Constitution. Go to Article 228(c)(4) on what it says. Indeed, this is about the implementation of the budget. As a country, the Controller of Budget must be very serious. The Controller of Budget cannot allow huge pending bills both in the national Government and county governments to exist to the tune of Kshs100 billion. Today, businesses have collapsed in our counties and in the national Government. People are saying there is no circulation of money. Pay people their debts and you will find money circulating. So the Controller of Budget is under obligation to ensure that whether it is the national Government, county governments, Judiciary or Parliament, pending Bills are history. In this regard, once the nominee is in office, she should ensure that the principles of public finance as enumerated in Article 201 of the Constitution are her guiding principles. That should be her Standing Orders. She must comply with the Public Finance Management Act and the public finance as stipulated in Article 201 of the Constitution. Dr. Margret has no choice, but to comply with the law. We expect she will only authorise withdrawals where there is prudent and responsible use of public resources. The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee must in the next sitting call the Controller of Budget. Any accounting officer in the national Government, county governments, Judiciary and Parliament who does not use public resources efficiently and prudently should not be given money. She has the powers. It will make work easier for the PAC when the Controller of Budget becomes the vetting chamber. This will ensure that those who do not absorb their public resources or use resources in a corrupt and wasteful way, are not given money. She should only authorise money in the interest of the public. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this House is also aware that the national budget is made following extensive public participation, consultations and careful consideration by the Budget and Appropriations Committee of this House."
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