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    "content": "challenge, His Excellency the President demonstrated his resolve to firmly deal with corruption through his State of the Nation Address in April, 2015. In addition, the President has launched a new Code of Governance for State Corporations called “Mwongozo” which is expected to address governance and management challenges in our parastatals. To strengthen the governance institutions, I have allocated Kshs2.6 billion to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and Kshs2.2 billion to the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to enable them speed up investigations and prosecutions. Hon. Speaker, we now require all Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to use the e- procurement module of the IFMIS so as to safeguard loss of public finances through corruption. Further, beginning 1st July, 2015, we shall be fully operationalising the Kenya National Electronic Single Window System for use by all importers and exporters and other related stakeholders. This will enhance transparency, accountability, governance and competitiveness while at the same time improving revenue collection. This will further seal loopholes through which revenues to Government are misappropriated. An effective, efficient and accountable public service is essential to sustaining our developmental agenda and to moving our country towards upper Middle Income status. In this regard, we are building on the on-going public finance management reforms to further strengthen public finance management oversight, entrench efficiency in expenditure, ensure effective delivery of programmes, reform the tax system and enhance revenue efforts, and promote good corporate governance in the state corporations. We can achieve a lot more with the resources we generate if only every MDA applies budgetary allocations prudently. Therefore, to assure value for money, first, we will roll out to all MDAs the e -procurement module, fully inbuilt with an active price reference to ensure Government does not procure any supplies above the market prices. Secondly, we shall shortly publish Information Communication and Technology (ICT) standards for all Government ICT consumables and enter into a negotiated framework agreement with established local dealers or assemblers at a discount. Thirdly, we will expand leasing to all MDAs in respect of depreciating assets and equipment; and fourthly, only projects that have been appraised and found to be viable and whose cost is within reasonable margins of similar projects in the private sector shall commence implementation."
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