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    "id": 1550038,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa County, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amina Siyad",
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    "content": "avenue for corruption. All procurement officers holding incomplete documentation must be put on notice, as this has the effect of frustrating genuine suppliers. We all know the frustrations that Kenyans go through because of pending bills. Many people fell into depression because of pending bills. The secondly recommendation I would like to highlight is on donor funding to non- priority areas. The Committee has seen instances where the country commits to loans whose outcomes and outputs are not a priority for the country. You find components of those loans including items such as capacity building of Government officials, workshops and other recurrent expenditures. The National Treasury must only commit the country to loans that have direct benefit to the people of Kenya. Allow me to also highlight a few challenges that were witnessed by the Committee in the execution of its mandate and that delayed the production of this Report. One of the challenges is the perpetual request for reschedules. Some accounting officers have a habit of requesting rescheduling of their appearances, and hence hampering the Committee's calendar. It is instructive to note that the same accounting officers never miss meetings for appropriation of the budget, which also have strict timelines. Accounting officers are, therefore, put on notice that failure to appear will lead to a recommendation like “carried as it is”. In the interest of time, the honourable Members of this noble House will find the Report enriched with the recommendations on each audit query. Therefore, I second the Motion for adoption of the Committee's Report."
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