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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "I am guided on that, hon. Speaker. You should look at the various Ministries, how they have used money and managed imprest. We interrogated them and found Ministries which could not account for the money that the officers have taken. The Report is there. We have come up with a summary of how the Government needs to manage imprest in the various Ministries. You need to note that a staggering Kshs633,178,658 could not be accounted for. This is money which people took, did not surrender and gave no documents. As a Committee, we have come up with what needs to be done. The management of imprest is a key area that the Government needs to address. If that does not happen, then it is going to be very difficult to control such funds. The Ministries have come up with measures to reduce the amount of money that they should have. We also came across the Office of the President where Kshs2.8 billion was used. It was withdrawn and no voucher was signed. If you look at it clearly, the money went into people’s pockets. Indeed, if the money was for operational purposes or for intelligence, we should have the arm of intelligence which was given this money. We would not be saying that this money went to the wrong hands. If the money was given to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) - the CID has a Vote - they should be given the money directly. The money should go directly to the Ministry concerned. It should not be given to an Accounting Officer in the Office of the President who has no knowledge of how people work. He cannot give money and then control it. How do they operate? How do they work independently in their investigations? Is it possible that these people can work independently if the Office of the President controls their funds? It is very difficult. It is a matter of national interest. Members of this National Assembly should look into these issues, so that one person does not control the money. If you ask a question, they say that it is a confidential expenditure. We agree that there are confidential expenditures, but with all due respect, this confidential expenditure should be directed to the relevant person who is supposed to handle the funds. There is an intelligence system which should handle this. If the money has gone to the CID or to police operations, the Inspector General of Police should get the money. These are the issues that we came up with as a Committee.We have recommended specific measures to be taken, so that public funds are not squandered and are properly accounted for. Those who have misused these funds should come out and say what they did with the funds. The Report gives names. We did not just do a Report. The Report is very clear and specific on what needs to be addressed. Apart from that, we also looked at Government tenders. This goes up to the Office of the President, where houses were bought and no title deeds were given. This costs billions of money. It costs over Kshs600 million. At the time we were doing this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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