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"content": "The Committee, therefore, recommends that the CS, National Treasury, and the KRA seal all revenue leakages and tax fraud and avoidance by forwarding to Parliament draft legislation which shall criminalise the same with punitive measures. (b) All Accounting Officers, in liaison with the National Treasury, should develop and implement a programme of action to comprehensively address the under-expenditure and under- collection of AIA in their respective MDAs. (c) The National Treasury should ensure that the Kenya External Resource Policy is adhered to and substantively addresses all current and emergent issues relating to funding by development partners. We have listed the unsupported expenditure as reported by the Auditor-General. We note that after the Auditor-General submitted his report to the House, a number of Accounting Officers disputed the report and accused the Auditor-General of failing to accept their records. During their appearance, most of the Accounting Officers could still not account for this money and the Committee has made recommendations on a case-by-case basis. Accounting Officers are further warned to adhere to audit timelines and respond to the Auditor-General’s management letters. More of unsupported expenditure, as seen with the Ministry of Devolution and Planning which to date cannot explain the expenditure of Kshs8,036,371,566, emerge on assets which, in our view, are grossly exaggerated. (d) Another consideration was excess expenditure. The Auditor-General reported excess expenditure incurred during the 2013/2014 Financial Year, without Parliamentary approval, which totalled to Kshs24,566,651,642 compared to Kshs38,495,253 recorded in the previous year. Excess expenditure of Kshs24,566,651,642 was incurred under the MDAs and Funds as listed below. The excess expenditure of Kshs24,566,651,642 has not taken into account pending bills amounting to Kshs16,638,164,142 which, though relating to the 2013/2014 Financial Year, were not settled during the year, but were instead carried forward to the 2014/2015 Financial Year. It is the Committee’s considered position that expenditure without Parliamentary approval constitutes a grave violation of the Constitution and those found responsible must be severely punished. The Committee further recommends that stern action be taken by the appointing authority against Accounting Officers and Treasury officials responsible for this breach of the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The Committee further recommends that the EACC should investigate for culpability and recommend to the DPP to consider prosecuting those responsible. Further, the CS of the National Treasury must promptly institute stringent controls to ensure fiscal discipline in public finance management within the public sector as clearly stipulated in the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and relevant regulations. 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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