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    "id": 1462347,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Another issue we noticed is imprest management. I call upon the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC)--- We have seen the abuse of imprest. We have travelled and whenever we arrive back to the country, we surrender our passport documents and the necessary documentation to ensure we surrender our imprest for payment. This issue continues to be a challenge in county assemblies. I call the county clerks and county assembly’s speakers and County Assembly Public Service Boards (CAPSB), to ensure they put in place necessary mechanism. We have made many recommendations to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Under the Public Finance Management Act, when there is late surrender of imprest, it must come with interest. We have noticed that most clerks receiving surrendered imprest from Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and other members of the secretariat within county assemblies, do not take interest. I warn the county clerks from the Floor of the House that it is violation of the law. You need to recover the imprest plus the interest as per the law to ensure that it is not repeated. We have noticed that all these county assemblies have violated that. Madam Temporary Speaker, another challenge is the County Assemblies Forum (CAF), Society of Clerks-at-the Table (SOCCAT) and the Council of Governors (CoG). These bodies are not anchored in law, but you will find county assemblies allocating money to SOCCAT and CAF. You are aware that nowadays there is what we call Association of Members of County Assembly (AMCA), which is not anchored in law. I encourage the county assembly speakers, clerks and the MCAs to bring a legislative intervention, so that they do not need to put money in some of these entities that are not anchored by law. I am happy that the Senate and the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) has taken a position that any money that is paid to CoG, CAF, SOCCAT and AMCA is illegal, irregular and unlawful, and should be treated as such. Madam Temporary Speaker, under the guidance of our Chairman, Sen. M Kajwang’, we have even directed a charge of the accounting officers who continue to make this illegal expenditure. The Senate Majority Leader has an opportunity of engaging CAF, CoG and SOCCAT. I hope with that he will ensure that there is legislative intervention, so that we do not spend this money. Sometimes the CoG gets Kshs5 million from every county per year within the financial, which is an illegal outfit."
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