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    "id": 1162703,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Our secretariat comprised of Mr. Julius Ariwamoi, Mr. George Otieno, Mr. Joseph Mwangi, Mr. Yussuf Shimmoy, Ms. Josephine Kusinyi, Ms. Michelle Otoro, Mr. Erick Osotsi, Mr. Ali Salat, Ms. Luccianne Limo, Mr. Javan Loriko, Ms. Hawa Abdi, Mr. Phillip Kipkemboi and Mariko Roche. We held various sittings. Quiet a number of them on several days. They were long and tedious sittings. We invited governors, County Executive Committee Members (CECM) and chief officers. We eventually came up with two volumes, which we have called volume one and volume two, that were laid on the Table and are now the subject matter of this Motion. Madam Temporary Speaker, these reports were as a result of physical engagement. We summoned and invited those executives. They appeared before us and presented their responses. They were examined by both ourselves, officers from the Office of the Auditor-General and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). We have now come before this House with recommendations and observations arising from consensus. Madam Temporary Speaker, we noticed that we had common challenges that the counties appeared to have not complied with. Some of the common ones were; failure to submit documents for audit to the Office of the Auditor-General in time. The Auditor- General is enjoined, mandated and authorized by law to carry out audit. It is the responsibility of the auditees to supply certain documents to the Auditor-General in time so that the audit exercise can be carried out. The counties that appeared before us were invariably late in availing these documents. We observed that as a trend in their behavior. Two, we also observed that, in most of the counties, there was lack of proper accounting and reconciliation. In spite of the large amounts of money that are allocated to counties and the fact that they are given leeway to hire qualified financial officers, they were still unable to properly present statements and carry out reconciliations as required by law. Three, we observed that there was improper record keeping. These are public records. The law requires that records be properly kept in a standard manner for posterity and use. However, by and large, this was not observed. Four, there was unauthorized allocation of funds. You would find that funds are allocated outside the authorization of law. We observed that there was non-compliance with relevant laws by most of the county executives that appeared before us. The laws that they were supposed to comply with are quite a number. Just to mention, but a few, we have the Public Finance Management Act of 2012, Public Finance Regulation of 2015, Public Audit Act of 2015, Income Tax Act and County Government Act, among other statutes, that they were meant to comply with. They did not comply with those laws thereby appearing to be running governments outside the law. We observed that there were quite a number of instances when payments were made outside the Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS). Oversight and follow up as to why those payments were made - their legitimacy and so on - was still in doubt."
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