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    "id": 1051359,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "in good breath that there is an audit query, so that the money that goes to the counties corroborates the development in the counties. That is the essence of audit queries. County Executives should know that when there is an audit query, no one is being targeted. It is just for the purpose of ensuring that there is a credibility bill for county executives; that they are doing a good job. Governors are brought on board to answer questions and explain how the monies were used. Every year, money is disbursed to county governments and they come up with a budget. There is need to see if the money was used wisely according to the budget. Auditing is very important because a clean audit report shows county executives are doing well. They have been elected by wananchi for the purpose of ensuring that they deliver services. The audit report will show the financial statement of the county. It will come out clearly to show if there were any contracts that were awarded. This report goes further to find out if a contractor was paid upfront to make a certain road and if the service was delivered or the road completed. Sometimes when reports come to the Floor of this House, there are some pending bills and some incomplete projects. Audit reports will also make county executives know that there is someone who is watching, to ensure that there is service delivery . It is important for the audited reports to be done by a very impartial person. Such a person has nothing to gain, but to see that the report is credible and wananchi are getting service. This is our business as a Senate. We are here to represent counties and their interests and to see to it that there is service delivery. We also make sure that there are hospitals, water and schools at the counties. As we speak, there are some counties that do not have Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) classes. In the financial report, there is no information showing whether a certain amount of money was allocated for ECDE classrooms. There is need to even query whether there are such classrooms, water or health facilities and people delivering or dying on the streets. We will be doing well as a Senate when we interrogate these issues. The Committee should continue auditing so that county executives come here and we see that they are doing their work. It is unfortunate that county executives can be summoned to the Senate and fail to attend because it is the same Senate that disburses money. It is their onus to come to the Senate and tell the Senate: “This is the amount of money we were given and this is how we utilized it”. They should also tell us whether they are having pending bills. There is nothing wrong with being frank and honest. In fact, they are more credible when they come to the Senate and say: “Yes, I was given this amount of money for my county, but it was not enough. This is what I did and these are the pending bills.” Before counties are given money, they should talk about pending bills. County executives should not be given money if they have not cleared pending bills. They should explain if there are projects that were supposed to be done, but were not done. The purpose of audit is to ensure that there is transparency, accountability and service to wananchi. That is our core business here as a Senate. We do not have greater business other than defending the counties and the interests of the counties. 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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