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    "id": 683818,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to support this very important discussion about the Adoption of the Report of the PAC. I want to lay one emphasis on the wastage of funds. We have unsupported expenditure of Kshs66 billion. I am going to talk about the Ministries which have got more than Kshs1 billion unaccounted for. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries was not able to produce documents for more than Kshs1.2 billion. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology was not able to produce documents for Kshs12.8 billion. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum was not able to account for Kshs2.4 billion. What do we mean by “not able to account for” or “not able to show how they used the money”? Either they did not have Local Purchase Orders (LPOs) or payment vouchers. This wastage should not be allowed at this time. It is important for the Accounting Officers to take this issue more seriously than before because we are going to elections and the Jubilee Government wants to be re-elected. With this kind of wastage, is that possible? I want to go to the area of excess expenditure. I want to look at the other side. When there is excess expenditure, it means a contractor, supplier or service provider has been given work through either an LCO or an LPO. All he expects after doing the work is to be paid. What happens? The supplier is not paid. This is a vicious cycle. What happens is that the person who is not paid borrows money from the bank. In effect, if you had given security to the lender, your property may be sold. If you had given security, the banks are going to label you a bad debtor. You approached the bank in sincerity with an LPO or an LCO, but because some officers in the Government--- The Accounting Officers need to take this issue more seriously than before. How do you incur excess expenditure? You must, first and foremost, have Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE). The first question I want to ask is this: Was AIE given out by the Accounting Officers? The Principal Secretaries (PSs) need to tell us what happened because they are in office. Fortunately, it is a current Report we are discussing today. How comes they allowed expenditure 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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