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    "id": 990009,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. This Petition has come at the right time and is a developing story because you must balance the revenue and expenditure aspect of the county governments. This is because you cannot spend what you do not have. You can also not spend if you have not put it in the development plan and budget, and if the county assembly has not approved these resources for that particular element of the expenditure that requires to be spent. If you carefully read the County Governments Act, it enumerates the steps that must be taken before you are able to do certain things in requiring authority to incur expenditure. If you read the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, it stipulates the manner in which the resources available will be spent. More so, when you read the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, it clearly stipulates the procedure in which anything that must be procured must be done. We need to remind the governors to adhere to the procedure and the laid down law that has given them the opportunity to incur expenditure in a lawful manner. That is all we are asking of them because short of that, then they are liable for many other faults and punishment that may occur. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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