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    "content": "7. The county government recruited well qualified and equitably distributed personnel at the level of the county executive committee members and the chief officers. 8. The Transition Authority (TA) had not concluded the verification and authentification of assets and liabilities registers in the county. The absence of assets registers in counties is an extremely important matter. Although the TA in counties did not complete the making up of asset registers, the Committee has advised all counties to ensure that they have proper asset registers for all assets in the counties. The assets need to be properly identified with the insignia of the county government. 9. The county government in many instances was reluctant to avail the necessary documents to the Auditor-General at the time of audit. 10. The county government failed to maintain an up to date cash book. Equally important is the omission in many other counties. We advised them the importance of maintaining proper cash books. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Committee’s general recommendations are as follows:- 1. The county government should apply the use of restricted tendering sparingly in order to foster transparency, fairness and equal distribution of opportunities and mitigate against the possible abuse of the restricted tendering to award tenders to only those favoured by the county government officials. It is a frequent occurrence in many counties. 2. The county government should endeavour to have ‘the must have offices’ that will assist the county government in efficient service delivery and prudent financial management. In this regard, the county government should recruit personnel based on the existing gaps and needs in the staffing and not on any other criteria that may lead the county government to have excessive staff that weigh heavily on the wage bill. 3. The county government should adhere to the public procurement rules and regulations in the procurement of goods and services. It should also in the subsequent financial years adhere to the rules and regulations governing the procurement of goods and services in the public sector. 4. The Transition Authority should expedite the verification and authentification of assets and liabilities registers and submit a report to the Senate by 31st December, 2015. At the time of debating this Report in the Senate, the TA is no more but we hope that it did before it went out of office. The Clerk’s office can verify that as having been done. 5. The county government should always provide all the documents to the Auditor-General at the time of audit and not thereafter. The county government should always take advantage of the management letter to respond to the audit questions raised. This recommendation recurs in many counties. The Committee has problems with inadequate provision of documents to the Auditor-General and hence slows movement in clearing audit queries. 6. The county government should ensure equitable distribution of jobs and opportunities to all Kenyans during the recruitment of staff. The 30 per cent rule will be strictly looked into by our Committee. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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