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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, we recommended recourse. One of the recommendations is that upon the adoption of this Report, the KEMSA accounting officer, the Principal Secretary for Medical Services and the County Government of Wajir should ensure that the incinerator is installed since it was paid for but has not been installed to date. We also recommend that within three months upon the adoption of this Report, the Auditor-General should audit the payables in question and give a comprehensive report on their status to the National Assembly. There were about four or five issues, as you will see in the Report, that were discussed, all of them involving various parties as highlighted in the Report. The Kenya Veterinary Board (KVB) had challenges in terms of budgetary allocation. For the specific years, the budgeting of KVB was under budgeted but over-expended. For example, in one particular year, they budgeted for Ksh134 million but spent Ksh142 million. The question is, where did they get the balance from? The finding of the Committee is that they under-declare their appropriations-in-aid (A-in-A) so that what they get is spent before budgeting is done. That means this organisation has some income somewhere which is not surrendered to the National Treasury. Once the budget is declared, they draw that money on their own. The question is, what is the function of this House? We are supposed to appropriate funds through the budget. What is the function of the National Treasury? It is to collect money that goes to the Consolidated Fund. How come this organisation is spending money which has not been budgeted for? We found this to be an irregularity. As such, we recommend that the accounting officer should ensure that, at all times, budgets are realistic, achievable and always adhere to the annual work plans, procurement plans and revenue collection schedules. If there is anything contrary to that, relevant laws should apply and the officer must be punished. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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