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    "id": 510418,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "The other thing that needs to be resolved clearly is the issue of roads. I know there are circulars that have been issued but on the ground, there is still a problem. You find the way the work is being procured and the way the contractors are being employed, the governors just give directions that so and so should be given a job. There are no proper procurement procedures and there is a lot of wastage. I think that is going to increase the amount of wastage we have seen, if we do not arrest the situation. There is surrendering of imprest which is in law. In fact, there are regulations which govern the time when imprest should be surrendered. I do not know why it becomes a problem that Accounting Officers do not take care that imprests are surrendered on time. If an imprest takes more than 48 hours before it is surrendered, then it converts itself into a loan which then becomes irregular because it was not obtained as a loan. I think these are some of the recommendations from the reports which will help us to get these Accounting Officers to be responsible enough when it comes to--- Unfortunately, some of them are also culprits. There are several of them who do not surrender money they take for travel and it turns into an imprest. The most important thing is that we must ensure that Kenyans get value for money as taxpayers. Yesterday, we were voting to increase the indebtedness of the country and yet there is a lot of money that is being wasted. That should not be the case. Whatever we get must be put into proper use. We were only doing that because there are capital projects that we must do. In future, we must weigh the situation and see that what we have is put to proper use before we think of borrowing outside. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support."
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