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    "id": 420825,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "of great concern to the Committee as the import of these long outstanding balances would be that the Government could have been defrauded. Despite the Committee’s recommendations that all accounting officers take necessary action to resolve outstanding accounting matters, no remarkable progress has been recorded. For this reason, the Committee did not find it necessary to specifically report on accounting matters since all the outstanding issues were as reported in previous reports and most recently that of the year 2008/2009. As I have already noted, this is a double submission and so all the issues that had been noted in the report for the Financial Year 2008/2009, also stand as they were at that time. The Committee recommends the following in respect of unresolved accounting matters:- (i) All Accounting Officers under the supervision of the Treasury must take necessary steps to ensure that all outstanding accounting matters are resolved not later than 30th June, 2013 and a report by the Treasury, specifying the status of individual Ministries immediately submitted to the Auditor-General. (ii) Immediately upon receipt of the report in (i) above, the Auditor-General should prepare a special report and submit it to Parliament for necessary action. Before I deliver the final appreciation note on this submission, let me just state that as at 30th June, 2010, the period of the very last quarter covered by this report, the Government financial position as at 30th June, 2010, recorded an overall net surplus of Kshs25,920,539,638.81 compared to Kshs35,783,721,151.10 reported in the previous year 2008/2009. The surplus of Kshs25,920,539,658 was arrived at as shown in the details which are provided in the report. I will not go into those details. The Committee would like to thank all the accounting officers who appeared before it for purposes of these reports and provide valuable insights into the issues raised by the Auditor-General. The Committee wishes to record its appreciation for the exemplary services rendered by officers from the Kenya National Audit Office, office of the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Treasury. Indeed, their commitment and devotion to duty have made the work of the Committee and the production of this report successful. Let me also use this opportunity to really record the appreciation of the PAC to the office of the Speaker, yourself. I say this aware that having previously chaired another key oversight Committee of this House, of course, Members would recall that you served superbly well as the Chairman of the Public Investments Committee (PIC), you have indeed, demonstrated your very keen interest in the oversight work of this Committee and our sister Committee, the PIC. We have received a lot of support from yourself and indeed, even allowing these two Reports to be submitted together and to expedite the process of concluding debate on these Reports has been made possible by your personal intervention. Please, accept the gratitude and the compliment of the PAC. On behalf of the Committee, I urge the House to adopt both Reports of the Government of Kenya Accounts for the years 2008/2009 and the year 2009/2010 together with the full recommendations therein. I move and hon. Joseph Manje will second the Motion."
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