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    "speaker_name": "Turkana North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Nabuin",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, the other glaring thing in the Report and from interactions with the institutions is the issue of imprests which have not been recovered for a long time. There are policies that guide use, utilisation and recovery of the same, but that has not been followed. The Committee recommended that this must be done within three months. The other thing that has also been so glaring in most of those institutions is that when auditors visit, documents are not made available, or a long time is taken to make them available to the auditors. By the time the audit reports are concluded, auditors are not able to confirm some of the queries that come out of those audits. So, we encourage personnel in those institutions to ensure that the necessary documents are availed to the auditors so that they can confirm whether public resources have been utilised well. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as also alluded to by the previous speakers, let me pick an example of Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH). This is a Level 6 Hospital, though younger than the others. Despite that fact, there are many things that are not right. First, the title deed of that institution has been in dispute for a long time. That is because the land that the hospital sits on is part of Kenyatta University. There has been a problem, and I believe that the problem is the University. It should either get out of the land or provide the title deed for the land that is meant for the hospital. We have made strong recommendations to the Head of Public Service to expedite the process of getting the title deed for KUTRH. Again, about that university hospital, and this may have to be confirmed by the Committee on Implementation, there is a CEO who, for a long time, has not been confirmed and yet, the human resource manual that is in place at KUTRRH allows only for an acting position for six months. This is not being followed in most institutions, as we realised in the audited statements. Such a serious institution needs to confirm its CEO. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to leave it at that. I support this Report."
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