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    "id": 1479738,
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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, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56 (1) (b) to make a statement on the activities of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPISFC) for the period commencing April to September, 2024, which is the last five months. During the period under review, the committee held a total of 65 meetings within and outside the precincts of Parliament to consider matters within its mandate. The committee concluded interrogations of Reports of the Auditor-General on the financial public funds in counties for financial years 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 where it met with 44 County Executives. During the said interrogations, numerous crosscutting issues affecting the operations of the funds were identified and various recommendations will be provided in the report we are going to table. We noted a lot of anomalies in the funds, including multiplicity of funds doing the same function, non- compliance to the law, governance and many other issues. All these issues will be detailed in our reports. Having concluded the consideration of county funds, the committee embarked on the interrogations of the audit reports of county hospitals, county corporations and county municipalities. On county hospitals, 47 county governments managed community health facilities (Level 1), Health Dispensaries (Level 2), Health Centres (Level 3), County Hospitals (Level 4) and County Referral Hospitals (Level 5) whereby 358 are Level 4 hospitals and fourteen 14 are Level 5 hospitals in the country. This is a significant step by the Senate because it had not been considering audit report for hospitals. The Auditor-General had also not been issuing an audit report for hospitals. An audit report for hospitals is a significant step because hospitals are key own- source revenue centres in our counties. For the financial year ended 30th June, 2022, only 50 Level 4 hospitals and 8 Level 5 hospitals submitted their financial statements to the Auditor-General for audit. While in the financial year 2022/2023, 209 comprising of 195 or 54 per cent of Level 4 hospitals and all the 14 Level 5 hospitals submitted their financial statements for audit. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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