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    "id": 1400045,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": "4. Use of additional resources to recruit smaller numbers at the ward level instead of the sub-county level would negate the principle of value for money and prudent and responsible use of resources. The second question was whether the Chairpersons of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection and the Budget and Appropriations Committee could take measures to ensure that the operations of the NYS are carried out in utmost fidelity to the law, and consider withholding further funding to the NYS either through the supplementary budget or through the 2024/2025 Estimates unless proper measures are put in place to address Members’ concerns. The response is that as a public entity, the NYS is not exempt from carrying out its operations with utmost fidelity to the law. Specifically, the Service: 1. Is subjected to regular audit by the Office of the Auditor-General. 2. Submits quarterly financial reports to the National Treasury, the Controller of Budget and a copy to the Auditor-General. 3. Submits annual financial statements by 30th September to the National Treasury, the Controller of Budget and the Auditor-General. 4. Is overseen by four NYS Council Committees, namely, the Finance and Enterprise Development Committee; the Operations, Training and Programmes Committee; the Human Resource Administration Committee; and the Audit and Risk Management Committee. The Committees report to the Council which reports to the Principal Secretary. 5. Is overseen by the Departmental Committee on Social Protection and the Select Committees on Public Investments and National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity. 6. Has a strong internal audit department which reports directly to the Council through the Council Committee on Audit and Risk Management. 7. Manages its financial operations through the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System which ensures transparency and accountability. 8. Is currently re-engineering its processes and operations with assistance from the University of Nairobi Enterprise and Services Limited. 9. Constantly trains its staff on supply chain, finance and accounting matters. The proposal by Hon. Benjamin Gathiru for the Government to withhold funding will jeopardise the operations of the Service despite demonstrating a high standard of fidelity to the law as required by the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and Regulations, 2015, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015, among other regulatory frameworks. However, we are open to positive constructive criticism to ensure that we prudently manage the public resources that are entrusted to us. The third question was whether the Chairperson could elaborate on measures being taken to assure that the Ministry does not exploit the provisions of Article 223 of the Constitution to access funds for the NYS recruitment and other operations, aware that the NYS has been a conduit to siphon public funds?"
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