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    "id": 1379453,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chepalungu, CCM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Victor Koech",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As my colleague, Hon. Oundo, has indicated, it was necessary for PAC to be split into several audit committees. The Chairperson of the Committee, together with its Members, investigated the operations of the listed State corporations and came up with the Report that is before this Honourable House. I support this particular Motion having considered, read and listened to the Chairperson of the Committee. He has indicated in the Report that there are 23 State corporations that have not complied with the Public Finance Management Act by not submitting their financial reports to the Auditor-General. In the observations, the Report indicates that the same State corporations continue to exist in the parent ministry while at the same they are established under different Semi- Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs). I was told that executive orders had been given to establish them. This led to failure by the cabinet secretaries of the parent ministries to appoint substantive accounting officers and directors for the said State corporations. That means, as a country, we are treading on very dangerous grounds. It is time we took Government business seriously. This House should take the mandate given to it by the people very seriously. We should oversee the Executive. This Report should be forwarded to the relevant authorities for the observations contained therein to be acted upon. This will ensure that the people who have gone against the law are handed over to the relevant authorities so that Kenyans can get justice. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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