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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion on the Report. I congratulate Hon. Members of PAC for the work well-done. I will also want to say that as a watchdog over Government, this Committee has done a lot. It has tried as much as possible to ensure the backlog we used to have in the Public Accounts Committees is cleared. The Committee has worked long hours, throughout the weekends and most of the evenings to ensure that this Report is brought before this House. I would like to say that the accounts as indicated by the Auditor-General have shown that there is need for all Government departments, as said earlier by the Members, to have programme-based budgets. It is where most ministries and departments of Government are working on budgets based on programmes. I wish all the monies and audits can be done based on the projects in the field. I have noted with a lot of concern that a number of budgets are clean on paper. But when you go to the ground, you will realise that most of the projects are not complete. They are not up to the required standards. They are not finished. I also want to point out that concerning the unsupported expenditures amounting to Kshs66.7 billion, part of that expenditure, at one time, had been shown to be supported. The Auditor-General’s Office needs not to move fast to conclude that the expenditure has not been supported. Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) holders are supposed to make sure that they coordinate with the managers of the respective audit units in the Auditor-General’s office. I also want to point out the need for Government agencies to account for the Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A). In most instances, universities collect a lot of money from parallel programmes students, which they need to account for. Some public universities collect huge amounts of money and receive less Exchequer support, but what they get has never been accounted for well. I would also like to point out that in terms of revenue status; there is need for Government entities, especially Ministries, to ensure that they take charge of what they have in their respective dockets. There are instances where the projects that have been done are very clean and okay, but they have been poorly documented. I want to urge those officers to keep the name of the Government clean. The officers should keep records and ensure that what they have in the field corresponds with what is in the records in their offices. We have instances where officers, especially accountants, are sent to account for the expenditures, but they do not do it. I want to point out something on pending bills. The Public Finance Management (PFM) Act requires that you do not advertise for or give out contracts when you do not have money. 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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