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"speaker_title": "Hon. Wanami Wamboka",
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"content": "Firstly, let me sincerely thank the leadership of this institution, the National Assembly, starting from Hon. Speaker, the Clerk of the National Assembly, our Committee Clerk, Ms Christine Ndiritu, and my Committee Members starting with my able Deputy Chairman, Hon. Anthony Kibagendi, Hon. (Amb) Francis Sigei, Hon. James Wamacukuru, Hon. Maurice Bisau, Hon. Rebecca Tonkei, Hon. Alpha Miruka, Hon. Mark Mwenje, the Deputy Minority Whip, Hon. Bonaya Gollo, Hon. Shadrack Mwiti, Hon. Moses Kirima, Hon. Daniel Karitho, Hon. Chiforimodo Munga Mangale and Hon. Mwalimu Joseph Tunoi. I want to thank them because since we started, when we were constituted initially and reconstituted a second time, we have never lacked quorum as a committee. That is something we do not take for granted. We thank our Members for their commitment and contribution. Hon. Temporary Speaker, in line with the mandate and in a bid to reduce the audit backlog, the Committee resolved to first consider the Report of the Auditor-General for the Financial Years 2018/2019 to 2020/2021. This decision was made to ensure that the past audit queries are addressed and that the institutions under our oversight are held accountable on time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that the Committee has since commenced consideration of audit reports for the Financial Years 2021/2022 and 2023/2024, which brings us up to date. This is in line with the requirement of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, which demands timely scrutiny of public investments for effective financial oversight. If this House may recall, there is a case between officers of the City County of Nairobi and the Auditor-General. The Court ruled that the Auditor-General must table these reports in this House upon which the House audit committees must, within three months, dispense with. I want to report to this House that we are now almost at par with the constitutional requirements. In a few months, I think our Committee will have dispensed with all the issues that we are supposed to deal with and we will be good to go. Having tabled the Committee's Report, I now wish to urge the Committee on Implementation to move with speed and follow up on the implementation of the recommendations contained therein. This is particularly important as some of these recommendations are time-bound and have far-reaching implications on the quality and efficiency of service delivery in our public education institutions. When I was moving our report, I mentioned that the Departmental Committee of Health and the Committee of Implementation reached some decisions on some of these institutions, precisely the Kenyatta University Referral and Training Hospital. The Kenyatta University students are supposed to have full access to this institution because that is the purpose for which the institution came to be, but five years later you realise that decision has not been implemented. We call upon the Committee of Implementation to be firm to ensure that decisions of this House are followed to the letter. Another incident is the issue pitting the trustees at the Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) against the Board of Governors. The Technical and Vocational Education Act of 2013 put the last nail in the coffin for these so-called “trustees” issues, that the institution has to go back fully into the hands of the management of the school and the Board. The trustees have, without mandate, gone ahead and even taken loans on the titles of these institutions. It is an immoral thing. This is something that we need to follow up on very quickly. Upon approval, I will ask the House…Hon Murugara wants to inform me. I do not know if that is..."
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