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"content": "There is also lack of effective internal controls in KVB. By law, every organisation must have an internal audit unit and a documented risk management policy. At the time of audit, this organisation had neither a full-fledged working internal audit nor a documented risk management policy. In that regard, my Committee recommends that the Accounting Officer, having been found in breach of Regulation 165(1) (a) and (b) of the Public Finance Management (National Government), Regulations of 2015, should ensure that all times the Internal Audit Unit and an approved Internal Audit Charter detailing the scope, responsibility and purpose are in place in order to promote transparency and accountability. Within three months upon the adoption of the Report, the Board of the Kenya Veterinary Board should submit to the National Assembly and the Office of the Auditor- General, the committee membership, the minutes and the Internal Audit Unit reports considered by the audit committee. This means that we recommend that they must establish an Internal Audit Unit. We also found an issue regarding the failure to fully constitute the Board of Directors. This issue cuts across many institutions. The Kenya Veterinary Board is one of the organisations that fell short of having the necessary board members. Whereas the Kenya Veterinary Board did not have the required board members, it went ahead and paid the few existing board members allowances. That is an illegality. This is because at the time of expending, they did not have a fully-fledged board. How were they meeting? Who was approving this expenditure? Therefore, that being the case, we recommended that we reprimand the appointing authority for the delay in constituting, or failure to adhere to the provisions of Section 4(1) (f) and (g) of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Para-professionals Act of 2011. The Act provides that the Board shall consist of the following members: four surgeons registered and veterinary para-professionals appointed by the Cabinet Secretary after being elected by registered veterinary professionals. Therefore, that reprimand goes to the appointing authority, who in this case is the CS, who also oversaw his State agency run without the necessary board members. The National Authority for the Campaigns against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) had various issues. The only good thing with this organisation is that it had unqualified opinion with recommendations covering the three years under review. It is a fairly clean organisation, but had minor governance issues and concerns regarding the review of the existing board members. However, upon transition, which was slightly within two months, the organisation maintained a clean and unqualified report over the three years reviewed. The final institution I want to talk about is the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), our mother broadcasting house. It is an organisation where almost all media personalities have passed. Nearly 90 per cent of the media personalities have passed through KBC. It has nurtured and moulded very good personalities. Unfortunately, while at KBC, they do not appear to be the best. However, once they leave, they turn around and become the best. This is the situation we found regarding the issues happening in KBC. One issue we found out that cuts across the ten years of review is the matter of liabilities at KBC. KBC borrowed heavily some money way back in 1989. The loan was from the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) in Japan and amounted to Ksh7, 543,422,121. This money has always been moved, and it has already been cleared by the National Treasury. However, the National Treasury has not adjusted the books of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and has left the load on their accounts. What does this mean? It means that whenever KBC prepares its books, this loan is still reflected in their books. The management accounts of KBC look positive during the year, but the overall annual accounts are heavily loaded by this amount. The implication is that you can never know the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "trading status of KBC, which is not a good thing. Therefore, what do we recommend? Upon adoption of this report, KBC should submit a comprehensive report with the details of the loan to the National Treasury and the Auditor-General. The National Treasury should also comment on the status of the loan and advice on when they intend to write it off, if need be. On the issue of KBC, there are problems related to title deeds. The Corporation had title deeds for eight parcels of land. At the same time, it had 32 parcels without title deeds or other legal documents of ownership. The title deeds for LR. No. 209/5918, the Broadcasting House, still exists in the name of the old person. As a lawyer, you will agree with me that the title called Chief Secretary Colony and Protectorate of Kenya is a colonial reference to our titles, dating from before Independence. It is important that KBC gets its title. As it is now, it does not have it in the modern way. Therefore, valuing that property is not possible. The management was not able to value it because they say that the title is obsolete. I do not know the person who is supposed to handle it. According to them, they contracted a law firm, which is yet to issue a new title. This makes the whole issue messy and unacceptable to the Committee. Therefore, we recommended that the Accounting Officer at KBC should submit to the National Treasury and the Auditor-General an updated fixed asset register, detailing all the company’s assets with the respective information that needs to be disclosed. Why do we need this? When the title has not been valued, it means it is not posted in the accounts, as it has no value. Without a register of fixed assets, it is impossible to trace that property or its location. There is also the issue of inter-agency trading, where the Ministry could direct KBC to give part of its assets to a sister agency. In this particular case, five power generators valued at Ksh29 million were loaned by the Corporation, at the direction of the Government, to Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) to alleviate the 2001 power crisis. However, the generators have never been returned to the Corporation. Once the assets were given out at the Government’s direction, someone ended up retaining them forever, and nobody followed up. Therefore, we felt it was important that, within three months upon adoption, EACC initiates an investigation into how the loaned generators to KenGen were procured, whether there was any malpractice in the initial procurement, and whether the generators were idle at the time of loaning. The findings should be submitted to the DPP. It is claimed that the generators were given, but there is no follow-up evidence to confirm this, nor were there any instructions. The management said they were instructed to give out the generators. So, we do not really know whether the generators were handed over to KenGen or not. There is also an issue at KBC affecting the going concern aspect. This relates to various organisations with which it entered into negotiations, particularly those in the broadcasting sector. Apart from the OECF loan of 1989, KBC has entered into negotiations with other organisations such as MultiChoice Africa, among others. Hon. Deputy Speaker, therefore, the entry into these negotiations has affected the operation positively and negatively. The Committee recommends that upon adoption of this Report, the KBC should submit to the National Treasury and the Auditor-General a comprehensive report with the details of all the organisations that have entered into commercial transactions with it for the purpose of going concern effects. Finally, the KBC model is good to adopt, but it has left the organisation in limbo without knowing whether to transact on its own or through the contracted agencies which it works with. It gives a positive return on one side but if it is not monitored well, it can lead to the extinction of the organisation. With those remarks, I thank my colleagues whom we sat with tirelessly in sessions together. I also thank the secretariat for taking their time and compiling this Report. I also thank the Clerk of the National Assembly for the effective support, through the Director of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "Committee Services, who has supported the Committee to produce this Report. I also thank the leadership of the House for the opportunity given to the Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture, through me, to submit this Report to the House. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I now request my colleague, the Member for Mandera County, Hon. Umul Kheir Kassim, to second."
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"content": "Hold on a moment before you second. Allow me to recognise the presence of a school which is seated in the Public Gallery before they leave. I wish to recognise the presence of Pioneer Girls' School from Gatanga Constituency in Murang’a County."
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"content": "Member for Mandera County, before you second the Motion, welcome them on behalf of the House."
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"content": "(Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah spoke off the record)"
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"content": "Okay. You may welcome them."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me the liberty to welcome the school from Gatanga Constituency, on behalf of their Member of Parliament whom I heard has gone to Wamunyoro and is not available. Therefore, on his behalf and that of the House, I welcome them to the National Assembly. I pray that when the students from Pioneer Girls’ School grow up, they will find their way into this House, the Senate and in other positions of leadership. I also pray that they will serve with the integrity that behoves them, as leaders of tomorrow. Thank you."
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