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    "id": 966965,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "It is important to know that Article 228 of the Constitution confers upon the Controller of Budget the role of making reports to Parliament on the implementation of the national and county governments’ budgets. The Speaker gave a directive there. Every three months, the Controller of Budget is under obligation to submit reports on county governments and national Government implementation of resources matrix. We really want the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to look at the reports and make a report to the House. This is where the predecessor of the nominee did very well, but the Committee did not bring the reports. Reports must be very clear. They must be made open to debate as to what they mean and what contain. So, the real work is with the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Once I table the quarterly reports, the Committee must make sense out of them. It must do a critique of what the Controller of Budget gave us. We should not take it on the face. The senior Member of the House is a Member of the Committee. He is my deputy and has promised to do that. In making implementation reports of the national Government and county governments, the Controller of Budget should wear the hat of a doctor. Doctors in this House like Hon. Nyikal, who is sitting here, can confirm that. I cannot suspect that you are suffering from malaria at the same time from flu. There are no two ways. Figures are figures. The legacy of the predecessor of the nominee was tainted with discrepancy in the figures of county governments’ pending bills. Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you look at the documents that are before the both Houses on pending bills, some counties are saying that they have a pending bill of Kshs2.1 billion. The Auditor-General, who verified, is saying that the pending bill is Kshs900 million or about Kshs3 billion. We want the Controller of Budget to behave like Dr. Nyikal. He cannot suspect you to be suffering from malaria and also flu. He will tell you what problem you are suffering from after doing a serious examination."
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