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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, however, a validation exercise done jointly by the parent Ministry and Treasury confirmed that the expenditure deemed ineligible amounted to Kshs11,530,212, of which an amount of Kshs8,726,407 was financed with a credit from the World Bank, IDA, while Kshs2,803,805 was funded from other Government of Kenya (GoK) sources of financing. The staff involved in the loss of funds were subjected to Government disciplinary and legal mechanisms, while the IDA finance portion of the ineligible expenditure was reimbursed to the World Bank as part of the conditions of the financing agreement. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me now turn to Kenya Education Sector Support Programme (KESSP). Treasury conducted two audits reviews of KESSP. The first audit review conducted between 12th January 2009 and 24th April 2009 was part of a joint initiative between the Government and World Bank, whose key objective was to assess operational, fiduciary, project design and other factors that were hampering smooth flow of funds and effective project implementation. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fiduciary audit of KESSP flagged key integrity issues relating to forged documents and signatures amounting to Kshs102 million relating to 13 out of 23 investment programmes of KESSP. However, this audit covered only a sample size of less than 0.5 per cent of the targeted population and concentrated only on 30 per cent of the transactions at the Ministry of Education headquarters for the month of June 2009. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in order to have a clear picture of the magnitude of risks and financial management challenges facing KESSUP, Treasury, on the request of the Ministry of Education, decided to undertake an expanded forensic audit of KESSUP covering a period of four financial years from 2005 to 2009. That audit revealed ineligible expenditure amounting to Kshs4.6 billion. Those were expenditures which do not need some financing conditionalities e.g. fraud, lack of supporting documents, miscoding and miscalculation of expenditures. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to inform this House that a figure of Kshs2.274 billion forming part of the total ineligible expenditure figure of Kshs4.6 billion has now been reconciled and explained to the satisfaction of the audit department, while other amounts relating to imprests and facilitation payments have been flagged as requiring further administrative action by the Ministry of Education. I wish to further inform this House that the Government has refunded to the development partners a total amount of Kshs347,902,827.30 as follows:- World Bank – Kshs144,244,070; DfID – Kshs164,536,531.02; CIDA – Kshs47,475,714, and UNICEF – Kshs1,818,512. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, KESSUP closed in June 2011 and the joint financial partners supporting the programme have been impressed by the action taken by the Government in addressing the identified governance challenges. Lastly, let us turn to Arid Lands and Resource Management Project Phase II. The Arid Lands and Resource Management Project is a community driven development project (CCCD) under the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. The project was implemented in 28 arid and semi-arid districts and came to an end in December 2010 following a joint decision by the Government and World Bank to suspend further disbursements. A forensic audit by Institutional Integrity Department of the World Bank was triggered by allegations of fraud and corruption in the"
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