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    "id": 683768,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/683768/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Secondly, there are challenges to do with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), which was introduced to support the Government’s as well as agency level policy decisions. It was also meant to integrate Budget and Budget execution data allowing great financial control and reducing opportunities for discretion in the use of public funds. The system was designed to provide information for Budget planning, analysis and the Government wide reporting, to facilitate preparation of financial statements and to provide a complete audit trail in order to facilitate audit. The Committee held discussions with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) of the National Treasury on 25th June 2015. He said that the Government has so far spent Kshs5.5 billion in software related expenses. However, it is the feeling of the Committee that the expenditure on this system to date is a lot higher. We hope this will be revealed when the special audit report on the IFMIS is tabled before this House. Even though the figure of Kshs5.5 billion was given by the CS for the National Treasury, he has not provided proof of the actual expenditure to date. The Committee knows that this system has not improved financial management in the Government. Indeed, Accounting Officers have confessed to the unhelpfulness of the system. The Auditor-General said the system has not improved financial tracking and reporting, which were the key intentions. For example, in last year’s Report, the Committee noted that the National Treasury reported that they had re-engineered IFMIS and trained up to 6,000 personnel on its use. The challenges have however continued unabated."
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