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    "content": "(2) The second is on the records management system. It seems that records at the Turkana County Assembly are handled manually. As a result of this, putting records together has been a major problem. (3) It was also noted that the infrastructure required to run the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) is not there. This is an issue that needs to be addressed fast, so that the system can be used to track records of the operations and disbursement of funds in the county. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Office of the Controller of Budget recommended a further investigation to ascertain those who were involved. They want to know if these people knew what they were doing. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this report is pointing out a major issue that all counties in our country need be checked. The Senate has the mandate to make sure that we know what counties are up to. We need to scrutinize budgets of counties. We do not want to run into problems at the start. Considering the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act we are having, it is clear that, as the Office of the Controller of Budget noted, capacity could be lacking in the counties. It is important that the capacity at the county executive is built, so that when they are doing procurement, for example, they will not start messing up. We are told that our PFM Act is a borrowed one from the one used in Nigeria and South Africa. When the first implementation of the Act was done in those countries, quite a number of governors were jailed because of malpractices. Mr. Governor----"
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