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"content": "service providers in counties that appeared before us. Some of these reports have been tabled here in this House. We have so far tabled a report in relation to Vihiga, Bomet Kisii, Nyamira, Kisumu, Kwale, Nyeri and Wajir counties. This is in today’s Order Paper, where we have a Motion on the reports for those counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are working very swiftly to handle the remaining reports for tabling in the first quarter of next year, 2024. Thirdly, as a Committee, we have handled an inquiry into the matter of non- remittance of pension deduction by counties, where the counties owe pension funds in excess of Kshs80 billion as a result of non-remittance of pension funds. In this case, we have managed to have an engagement with the National Treasury, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Controller of Budget (COB) National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) and the two-pension funds; that is, Local Authorities Provident Fund (LAPFUND) and Local Authorities Provident Trust (LAPTRUST). We also had a very big stakeholder engagement in Mombasa, which served as a public participation session. The report is ready for tabling this afternoon. This report is going to be one of the most important reports that this Senate has ever produced in giving direction on how to handle this problem of non-remittance of over Kshs80 billion by counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, in the process of examining the audit reports for water companies, we noted that there were various cross-cutting issues affecting the water sector, such as assets and liabilities transfers, the role of the regional Water Works Development Agencies in water provision, and the huge loans that have been undertaken by the national Government through these regional waterworks. Madam Temporary Speaker, as a result, we agreed to conduct an inquiry into these issues. We invited all the players in the water sector, including the regional Water Works Development Agencies, the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation, the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB), Water Service Providers Association (WASPA) and others. We are only remaining with engaging the Committee of the Council of Governors on Water for us to complete the report, which we will table in this House. Madam Temporary Speaker, in that regard, I have seen on the Order Paper that we have a Water Bill. With the indulgence of this House, the report that I am talking about is going to be informative in driving the debate on the Water Bill, which I found to be unconstitutional. The Committee has now embarked on consideration of the audit report for special funds. We have over 200 Special Funds in counties. We have so far handled seven counties. We are going to look into Special Funds in all the 47 counties. We are noting serious issues in the management of Special Funds in counties. These are possible avenues for corruption in the counties. Funds like bursary funds are having challenges. Car loan and Mortgage Scheme Fund, the Social Protection Fund, Emergency Fund, the Youth and Women Enterprise Fund are having challenges. So far, we have had"
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