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    "id": 1294879,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs and Sports",
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    "content": "a competitive process by the Board and this has to be done in consultation with the Public Service Commission (PSC). In accordance with this Regulation, the Oversight Board of the Fund advertised for the CEO position on 25th April and conducted a competitive recruitment process in consultation with PSC. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the appointment of a substantive CEO was made in compliance of Regulation No.12(2) of the Public Finance Management (PFM), Sports, Arts and Social Development Fund Regulations, 2018. I can confirm to this House that this process was open, competitive, transparent, accountable and we believe that it gave the best officer we could find. We have provided details as annexures. There is a copy of the advert inviting applications for Kenyans to apply for this position. Question No.53(d), on the measures that the Ministry has taken to enhance compliance and ethical standards of the Fund, specifically with regard to previously reported allegations of financial irregularities, I report to this House that we have taken some institutional measures. One of the challenges we found when we came to office a year ago was that the Board was not properly constituted, yet it bears the primary oversight responsibility. We have moved with haste to make sure the Board is now fully constituted, has full membership and has a chair as required by the law and regulations. We also found a situation where the CEO had been in acting capacity for years, which is not good for performance, accountability, certainty and predictability. We now have a permanent Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who was competitively recruited. He can now focus all his attention on leading the management of the fund. We have also gone out of our way to make sure that the fund is autonomous, transparent and accountable. We have had unfortunate scenarios in the past of attempts to interfere with the independence or autonomy of this fund. Now, the fund is functioning autonomously as it should be. The board is now streamlining the management and taking full responsibility as required by the law. We have provided annexes 3 and 4. Annex 3 is a summary of revenues and disbursements to the various sectors, which I have mentioned. Annex 4 is an advertisement for the position of the CEO. Let me just conclude by saying that the fund is ordinarily subjected to continuous internal audits and annual external audits by the Office of the Auditor-General. These audits look at the financial records and operations of the fund. They identify discrepancies, and irregularities and provide recommendations for intervention. I assure this House that the Ministry will continue to ensure that audit queries that arise are subjected to oversight and action. As the Cabinet Secretary, I will continue to take responsibility to ensure that the fund abides by the law and the regulations as expected of me. I submit, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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