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    "content": "(a) That the Machakos County Executive regularly incurred expenditure by making purchases and carrying out projects through single sourcing without following the laid down procurement laws in particular; (i) in the purchase of one Toyota Land Cruiser VX motor vehicle; (ii) construction of the Machakos Stadium; (iii) construction of Machakos Peoples’ Park; (iv) purchase of 120 police vehicles; (v) purchase of 70 ambulances; and, (vi) purchase of 40 tractors. (b) That the Machakos County Assembly regularly incurred expenditure in the purchase of a vehicle for the speaker through single sourcing and without following the laid down procurement laws and procedures. (c) That the County Executive has made appointments of several chief officers in breach of the law as to vetting. The appointments have also been characterized by nepotism. (d) That the County Executive has made several irregular payments using public funds without following the applicable provisions of the law. Examples of such payments include; (i) Irregular payments and allowances by the County Executive to the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs). (ii) Irregular expenditure on foreign travel. (iii) Irregular expenditure on an investors’ conference. (iv) Other expenditures are simply marked as “confidential”. (e) There has been improper interaction between the County Executive and the County Assembly, including the making of payments by the County Executive to MCAs to advance objectives of the Executive thereby compromising the principles of separation of powers at the county and effectively rendering the County Assembly ineffectual in exercise of its oversight role over the county executive. Hon. Senators, the other grievances raised by the petitioners relate to:- (a) Failure to implement the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) by the County Executive. (b) Failure to constitute an internal audit committee as required by the Public Finance Management Act No.18 of 2012. (c) Irregular procurement of goods and services for sums exceeding Kshs300 million. (d) Purchase of fictitious and unjustified security gadgets and apparatus. (e) Construction of 33 kilometre Kithimani-Makutano Road without following public procurement laws. (f) Non-remittance of statutory deductions despite the same having been deducted from employees’ salaries. (g) Failure to deposit revenue in the County Revenue Fund. (h) Irregular and un-explained income and expenditures by the County Executive of Machakos County."
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