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    "content": "the Governor’s bundle, just after the calculation of Kshs352 million, at the bottom there is a charge where they said that according to the budget implementation report of the Financial Year 2015/2016, Kshs4,840,770,216 was reported and then there is the other amount of Kshs846,702,900 which was not reported. Kshs846,702,900 is the local revenue which was generated in the County of Nyeri. The Kshs4.8 billion is the Exchequer release. So, the total amount that ought to have gone past through the County Revenue Fund in the County of Nyeri is Kshs5.6 billion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the report which they claim that we have not disclosed Kshs846,702,900 is based only on the Kshs4.8 billion. If Members can look at their report they are saying that we have not disclosed this amount but we are saying the report is exclusively based on the Exchequer releases. The report in question which is the Budget Implementation Report is based on the Exchequer releases. Does this amount disclose the full Exchequer release that the County Government of Nyeri got? Yes, it does. If you look at Volume 3 of the County Assembly bundle – this is absolutely important – on the last page on page 21 where there are all the totals. First of all, let me bring you back to page 18 before we go to page 21 of Volume 3. This is the Budget Implementation Report. On page 18 that analysis starts with Exchequer releases to the Financial Year 2015/2016. This analysis does not contain the local revenue component. So, they cannot say that based on a report which is based on the Exchequer releases, the Governor has not disclosed money which was collected. These are documents strictly based on the Exchequer releases. Secondly, the County Government of Nyeri has not been audited. The audit is supposed to be done in accordance with the provisions of Article 229 of the Constitution, six months after the end of the financial year. These are the financial dealings of the county up to 30th June, 2016. On what basis can you say that this money has not been accounted for, yet the County Government of Nyeri has not been audited by the Auditor-General and the issues looked into by the Controller of Budget? Did the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), under the provisions of the Article 229 of the Constitution, receive the audit report? The Constitution states that the Auditor-General should submit the report to the county assembly and to Parliament. The county assembly should wait for that report to be submitted by the Auditor-General. On what basis will they impeach the governor on issues which no findings have been made by anybody? The true picture of the status of the financial affairs in Nyeri County as at 30th June, 2016 can only be ascertained if the Auditor General has completed the audit which is ongoing. We cannot impeach the governor three months down the line for not accounting for the money, yet the audit process is ongoing. This impeachment charge does not meet the threshold in the Constitution. More importantly, it is a premature charge that is based on an imagination that money has not been accounted for, disclosed or lost. This finding can only be made by the relevant agencies which are constitutionally required to audit the county government. Thirdly, at page 8 of the governor’s bundle, Volume II, there is a charge that we are utilizing local revenue at source. The explanation is based on the Controller of Budget’s finding. They say that there is a variance of Kshs70 million, which shows that we must have utilized local revenue at source. We had requested the Senate to summon the Controller of Budget on this issue because it is a systems issue that definitely has an explanation. As I submitted yesterday, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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