Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1568386,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1568386/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 240,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "There is also lack of effective internal controls in KVB. By law, every organisation must have an internal audit unit and a documented risk management policy. At the time of audit, this organisation had neither a full-fledged working internal audit nor a documented risk management policy. In that regard, my Committee recommends that the Accounting Officer, having been found in breach of Regulation 165(1) (a) and (b) of the Public Finance Management (National Government), Regulations of 2015, should ensure that all times the Internal Audit Unit and an approved Internal Audit Charter detailing the scope, responsibility and purpose are in place in order to promote transparency and accountability. Within three months upon the adoption of the Report, the Board of the Kenya Veterinary Board should submit to the National Assembly and the Office of the Auditor- General, the committee membership, the minutes and the Internal Audit Unit reports considered by the audit committee. This means that we recommend that they must establish an Internal Audit Unit. We also found an issue regarding the failure to fully constitute the Board of Directors. This issue cuts across many institutions. The Kenya Veterinary Board is one of the organisations that fell short of having the necessary board members. Whereas the Kenya Veterinary Board did not have the required board members, it went ahead and paid the few existing board members allowances. That is an illegality. This is because at the time of expending, they did not have a fully-fledged board. How were they meeting? Who was approving this expenditure? Therefore, that being the case, we recommended that we reprimand the appointing authority for the delay in constituting, or failure to adhere to the provisions of Section 4(1) (f) and (g) of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Para-professionals Act of 2011. The Act provides that the Board shall consist of the following members: four surgeons registered and veterinary para-professionals appointed by the Cabinet Secretary after being elected by registered veterinary professionals. Therefore, that reprimand goes to the appointing authority, who in this case is the CS, who also oversaw his State agency run without the necessary board members. The National Authority for the Campaigns against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) had various issues. The only good thing with this organisation is that it had unqualified opinion with recommendations covering the three years under review. It is a fairly clean organisation, but had minor governance issues and concerns regarding the review of the existing board members. However, upon transition, which was slightly within two months, the organisation maintained a clean and unqualified report over the three years reviewed. The final institution I want to talk about is the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), our mother broadcasting house. It is an organisation where almost all media personalities have passed. Nearly 90 per cent of the media personalities have passed through KBC. It has nurtured and moulded very good personalities. Unfortunately, while at KBC, they do not appear to be the best. However, once they leave, they turn around and become the best. This is the situation we found regarding the issues happening in KBC. One issue we found out that cuts across the ten years of review is the matter of liabilities at KBC. KBC borrowed heavily some money way back in 1989. The loan was from the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) in Japan and amounted to Ksh7, 543,422,121. This money has always been moved, and it has already been cleared by the National Treasury. However, the National Treasury has not adjusted the books of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and has left the load on their accounts. What does this mean? It means that whenever KBC prepares its books, this loan is still reflected in their books. The management accounts of KBC look positive during the year, but the overall annual accounts are heavily loaded by this amount. The implication is that you can never know the 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."
}