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    "id": 71443,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government of Kenya accounts for the Year 2007/2008 laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 7th December, 2010. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do this on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.181(3). It is, therefore, my pleasure and privilege to present the Report of the Committee on the Government expenditure for the 2007/2008 Financial Year. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to point out that it is only last week when I moved debate on the PAC Report on the accounts of the Government of Kenya for the financial year 2006/2007. The Membership of the Committee I cited in the Committee’ Report on the accounts for 2006/2007 remains the same, which I used to work on the current Report. The Members of the Committee include me as the Chairman; Hon. (Dr.) Julius Kones, MP, Vice-Chairman; Hon. Martha Karua, MP; Hon. (Pastor) Daniel Muoki, MP; Hon. Charles Onyancha, MP; Hon. Alex Mwiru, MP; Hon. Boaz Kaino, MP; Hon. Francis Ganya Chachu, MP; Hon. (Dr.) Nuh Nassir Abdi, MP; Hon. David Ngugi, MP, and Hon. Edick Anyanga, MP. As I said earlier, since this Report comes up soon after the one we passed last week, I will not go into similar details about the general observations, because the same general observations contained in the previous Report are in this Report. May I just highlight the fact that in the general observations, we still found that even with regard to the accounts for the period under review, there had been inadequate preparation and failure to avail documentary evidence in time for audit review. In this regard, we have recommended that Accounting Officers should ensure that accounts are well prepared, and that in the likely event of anomalies, corrective action should be taken and documentary evidence availed in time for audit review to forestall unnecessary audit queries. We have also proposed that punitive action be taken against officers who fail to ensure compliance to this particular recommendation. Further to that, we have recommended that the Government’s investigatory agencies should liaise with"
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