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    "id": 1058102,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Another challenge that the counties are experiencing is the issue of spending at source; where the county own source revenue is not deposited in the County Revenue Fund (CRF) account as required by law so that whatever is collected is deposited, recorded and reverted back to them. The counties get authority from the Controller of Budget to spend funds from the CRF account. Many counties have been spending at source thus the revenue is not reflected in the CRF accounts leading to the assumption that they have under collected. The counties have been advised accordingly but the issue of spending at source is still recurring. One way of sorting out the issue of spending at source is by analyzing all the possible revenue sources, come up with realistic targets automate the revenue collection system to ensure that they collect as much as possible what they estimated as their revenue. If counties do that, they will sort out the issue of pending bills as they will only spend what they estimated. Madam Deputy Speaker, the other challenge that counties are facing is the irregular procurement of goods and services which is still recurring. Counties are using the single sourcing procurement method to procure. Contractors are given tenders irregularly. Further, counties have a challenge in book keeping. When auditors from the Office of the Auditor-General go out to audit counties, they find that records are not there. Counties are also not providing information to the auditors during the audit process and that is contrary to the Public Audit Act, 2015. Most of the county executives only produce relevant evidence that should have been produced during the time of audit, when they appear before County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC). The first question that our Committee asks the county executive who wait to bring the relevant evidence before our Committee is, ’Where were these records of evidence when the auditors came for them?’ The audit process is not a one-day event; the process is long and detailed. The first time the auditors go to the county, they will have an entry meeting with the county executive. The auditors also have an exit meeting with the county executive once the audit process is completed. The auditors also prepare management letters that they write to the county executive stating all that they noted during the audit process and state what they need clarified. After that, the auditors will prepare a draft audit report before preparing the final audit report that is signed by the Auditor-General. The audit process is long so there is enough time to engage. When the county executives cannot provide information after all these engagements, it leaves us with a lot of questions on why information was not provided on time. Madam Deputy Speaker, another challenge that counties are faced with is that of weak human resource management where the staff recruitment is done without following due procedure. Many people are on the payroll of the counties without clear information on how such individuals were employed. In some instances, the job was not advertised or there was no long-listing or shortlisting of the individuals who applied for the job. Such individuals files just have appointment letters. Many counties are using unprocedural ways of engaging staff thus suffer capacity challenge. Whenever counties are asked why 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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