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    "id": 1494667,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "The matter of the stalled Chebunyo-Siongiroi Water Project, which has stalled for many years amounting to Kshs17.5 million, again, this matter was referred to EACC. Gusii Water and Sanitation Company Limited which serves Kisii and Nyamira counties had a whopping Kshs39.6 million as trade payables. Again, we recommended that these trade payables be reduced. Non-revenue water in this particular company is one of the highest at 46 per cent with a wage bill of 69 per cent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kisumu Water and Sanitation Company Limited is one of the most successful water companies. That aside, we had issues with internal controls especially on the matter of exhaust revenues, how ticketing is done, and how movement of the exhaust is managed, leading to loss of company funds, unrealistic budgets and plans, and of course, high non-revenue water. Regarding Kwale Water and Sewerage Company Limited, the issue that was noted was lack of budget control and performance, which resulted to a revenue shortfall of Kshs40 million. There is also the issue of high non-revenue water that stands at 57 per cent. Again, there was the matter of unsupported debt with the cost of water services amounting to Kshs180 million. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Vihiga County, Amatsi Water Services Company Limited was noted to have long outstanding receivables of Kshs63 million and inaccurate trade and other payables amounting to Kshs50 million. This matter was noted and passed to the EACC for further interrogation and investigation. In Nyeri County, there is Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company Limited which had outstanding debts totaling Kshs237 million. That has been outstanding for a long time. Again, this is linked to the Water Works Company. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I commend Members who participated in this debate. This is the first report on water companies that my Committee has submitted to this House. We still have other five more Motions to go on this matter. I hope we will have those Motions debated and adopted by this House before we go for recess, so that next year the committee can start handling current issues, that is, for Financial Years 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025. I want to commend Members of my committee because this is the first report of a committee of the Senate on audit reports for water companies. Due to that, we are beginning to see some improvement in the governance of water companies in our counties. However, we still have challenges. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding the issue of ownership of the companies, we have ensured that almost all water companies are now owned by county governments. 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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