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    "id": 683481,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/683481/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "If you go to Europe and come back and you do not account for the imprest you were given, your salary should be deducted. You either produce documents or pay back the money. Personally, I do not accept this idea that people can fail to account for imprest unless people are using the imprest as interest free loans from the Government. One could get imprest and use it to finance one’s expenditure then delay to surrender it. This is an area that the PAC needs to push the Accounting Officers to ensure that officers surrender their imprest. It is easy because the individuals are known. Another thing that comes to my mind whenever I read this Report is the issue of our levels of honesty and integrity as a country. The Constitution is clear with regard to our national values. I always wonder whether these values are just on paper or if we really practise them. It is high time we started living these values. We need to see some of these values in Kenyans. As we move forward, the clearly stipulated national values in our Constitution need to be inculcated in the young minds of our young people. We should start living those values. That way, we will be helping the country. It is also high time sanctions for misdirection or misappropriation of resources were made severe. If you misappropriate funds, it should be clear what sanctions you are supposed to face. People should be kept away from committing some of the omissions they have been committing. Some of the omissions are very obvious. Some Accounting Officers take Kenyans for a ride and continue misappropriating funds. I am encouraged by findings and recommendations of this Report, but I think we need to do much more as Kenyans to ensure that public resources are prudently managed for the benefit of Kenyans and public good. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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