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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I must start by appreciating the work of the PAC of this House. If you read this Report and have heard the way it has been presented by the Chairman of the Committee, this House has a responsibility to thank that Committee for the work well done. Hon. Gumbo’s presentation was excellent. He gave us a lot of details and, therefore, I will not focus on the details. This Report is dated May, 2014. To some extent that worries me because we are in 2016. This was a Special Audit Report initiated by this House. It will be important in future that we slot this as a House Business matter so that such reports are discussed immediately and if there are recommendations, action is taken immediately. From the Report, it is clear that at that time, the Judiciary did not have any system in place. There was a lot of confusion in the way things were done. With such confusion, any intelligent person who has an intention of engaging in corruption will take advantage of such a scenario. As representatives of the people, one of the lessons we must learn is that from today onwards, before we allocate any resources to any Government institution, it is important we demand a proper assessment of the systems. This Report clearly states that we allocated the Judiciary Kshs16 billion up from Kshs3 billion. This is almost five times more than we had allocated to them the previous year. It is normal for us as human beings to engage in funny deals when we get a lot of money which we have not worked or planned for. What was happening this time was that the people in charge of the Judiciary were trying to create reasons why they had to spend this money and as a result pocket some. As a way forward, time has come that, as a House, we must demand proper monitoring and evaluation of all Government programmes before we give more money so that at the end of the day we are sure that we are giving money to institutions which have the capacity to implement and utilize all those funds. The reports by the Controller of Budget - we have said this many times - instead of telling us the financial aspect of it could actually go an extra mile and tell us the outputs of the expenditure. This will enable us compare the outputs and financial expenditure to see whether there is correlation between the two. In my opinion, we are not going to help Kenyans if we do not do that. It is time the Budget and Appropriation Committee took the area of monitoring and evaluation seriously. I propose that this House should carry the responsibility of ensuring that the directorate that is in charge of monitoring and evaluation in the Executive is properly resourced so that it can give us information that can enable us make the right decisions. This will also ensure that when other Members--- I sit in the budget making Committee, we have data which supports what we are discussing. The other area that I think is important, and we must take seriously is looking at this Report and the entire procurement process. It worries me, and I must say that the people who sit in the PAC have great hearts. If it were me, I would have collapsed out of stress. If you look at what has happened and the way people are “eating” money left, right and centre, it is like we are 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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