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    "id": 1408797,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the CPIC, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56(1)(b) to make a Statement on the activities of the committee for the period commencing 1st January to 15th April 2024. During the period under review, the committee had a total of 25 meetings within and outside the precints of Parliament to consider matters within its mandate. The meetings that we did include- (1) The regular meetings to consider the reports of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of special funds in counties for the financial years 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this was a very important engagement because since this Senate was established, it had not considered the audited reports for funds. This was noted as one area where we have challenges with governance and accountability issues. (2) Multi-stakeholder engagement forum which was held in Mombasa County to address numerous cross-cutting issues in the water sector that were identified by the committee during its interrogation of the audit reports for water companies. We are in the process of doing a report which will be brought to this House on status of water investments or water entities in the counties. (3) We had a report writing retreat in Naivasha, Nakuru County. We went to write our report on the reports of the Auditor-General for water companies in our counties. In consideration of reports of the Auditor-General on funds in counties, we noted several issues. Upon conclusion of interrogation of the reports of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of public water companies in the counties for the financial years 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, the committee resolved to embark on interrogation of reports of the Auditor-General on financial statement of funds in the counties for the three years. During the period under review, the committee met 23 county executives, those are governors and interrogated reports of the Auditor-General on 67 funds in the said counties. Some of these funds, include, among others, bursary funds, and disaster and emergency funds. That is what Members were talking about this afternoon. Others include car loan and mortgage funds and revolving funds. Those are some of the most common Funds in the counties. During the interaction with county executives on the audited reports on funds, numerous cross-cutting issues affecting the operations were identified. They included- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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