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    "id": 683823,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "I also note the issue of opening private banking accounts by Government institutions. I urge the Committee to also audit public universities which open private accounts and private institutions outside Kenya so that we know where they get the money from. This is public money. How can the public universities open campuses outside this country? Whose account do they operate on? We need to really do a lot of scrutiny on the public accounts that are being opened by Government institutions. Who manages them, who audits them and where does the money go? It is also important for the Office of the Auditor-General, as they give their report, to make sure that they harmonise their findings with the ministries concerned before bringing that information to the public. I want to note that there are several Members of this House whose names appeared in the local dailies saying that they had not submitted their imprests. It is important for us to be sure that the report is harmonised with the institutions concerned before we start pointing fingers at people. Finally, I will talk on the issue of pending bills. It is important for officials who have been entrusted with spending of Government money to make sure that they put everything in the Budget. We need to be very careful because we might give them money which they divert to other things that are not in the Budget and then, we end up with pending bills. We need to start asking for personal responsibility. Right now, money goes to the county governments. This money comes from the national Government. Many governors and other officials in the counties might over-engage and put money into projects simply because they want to pass it on to their campaign kitties. Some of them know that they will not be re-elected next year. Therefore, they want to spend money meant for certain projects on other things and leave the burden of paying the bills to the taxpayers. It is important for Government officials to know that they can take personal responsibility. They should spend monies for the intended purposes. I support."
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