{"id":693917,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/693917/?format=json","text_counter":48,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"impeachment. The explanation is that the document which the County Assembly--- page 1 and page 2 of the document there is that extract, Volume 2 of the Governor’s bundle. That document contains an extract from the Integrated Finance Management Information System (IFMIS). Later on, the County Executive Committee Member for Finance and the chief officers who are responsible for managing County finances will explain this in detail when they relay their testimonies. This is an extract from the IFMI system. We extracted this list of Kshs352 million because the County Assembly in its documentation, if you look at Vol. 3 of the County Assembly bundle, they have claimed that this money has not been accounted for. I am looking at page 19 specifically where that money exists. On page 19 at the bottom corner, Members can see the sum of Kshs1.1 billion. That is the total figure. This is a report which was submitted by the Committee Executive Member for Finance to the Assembly for them to look at in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act. The County Assembly broke this figure down and said only about Kshs800 million has been stated in the figure. We are asking them to tell us where they got this Kshs352 million. From the charge, they are saying that the sum of Kshs808,292,895 has been disclosed and the money which has not been disclosed they are saying is Kshs352,976,913. However, if you look at this figure it contains both components of the amount which they claim has not been disclosed and the amount which has actually been disclosed. If you add the Kshs352 million and the Kshs800 million which they say has not been disclosed, Members will see this figure of Kshs1.1 billion. So, on what basis did they say that this money has not been disclosed? This is based on their own analysis of the document which was submitted to the County Assembly and this was submitted yesterday. On page 66, Volume 3 of the County Assembly bundle, this document is the basis of saying that the Governor has not accounted for the money. This is the County Assembly’s own analysis of the document and it is not the Governor on this page. If you look at it, you will see the prepared analysis from the report that we have submitted. First of all there are figures which are missing. For example on the County Assembly on item (1), there is a figure which you have disclosed that it is missing. Why did the County Assembly not add the amount which they spent on projects on that particular page? It shows there is something which the County Assembly is doing which is not right. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our submission is that this document from the County Assembly is extremely erroneous, no money was lost, all the money has been accounted for and for purposes of impeachment the County Assembly never took any initiative to ask the County Executive where this money is. Instead, when we saw the query we went to the IFMIS and extracted this figure which we have put in our response. Members can see everything which they claim has not been accounted for has been accounted for. Indeed, the Kshs352 million has been accounted for. So, that is absolutely important for us to clarify so that there is no communication at all or inference from the County Assembly that we have not accounted for this money. Secondly, our submission is that perhaps erroneous calculation of facts is based on misreading of the documents or probably outright ignorance of how the system works. The next allegation again is based on an erroneous proposition of facts. Usually the County Government is funded from the Exchequer and local revenue. The money which they claim that we have not accounted for is actually money from the local revenue. The difference between the Exchequer release and the money which we collected locally is the money which they say we have not accounted for or not disclosed. In Volume 2 on page 3 of our response in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}