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    "content": "financial year to which they relate, to avoid possible negative consequences that may arise from their being carried over to subsequent financial years. We have also recommended that the Government should ensure that the Pending Bills Closing Down Committee finalises its work by 31st December, 2010, and that action be taken on the recommendations made by that particular committee. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have also observed that there is general lack of clear Government policy on bailing out ailing state corporations. Towards this end, we have recommended that the Government must develop a clear policy on the bailing out of ailing state corporations, to which it must strictly adhere at all times. We also discovered, in this financial year, lack of a clear policy on recovery of Government dues from deceased officers. We recommended that the Government must develop a clear policy on recovery of its dues from deceased officers to enable Accounting Officers to act in time on such matters and avoid unnecessary audit queries. The 11th observation we made generally was that on conflict of interest on the part of the Attorney-General in acting for the Government in certain court cases. In this regard, we have reiterated our earlier recommendation, which is that the Office of the Attorney-General should disqualify itself from acting for the Government in all matters in court arising from contracts in which it advised the Government to execute, and in which the Government ended up being in court. Instead, this role should be left to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also observed generally that there was blatant breach of Government financial regulations and procedures by the Accounting Officers’ appointing authority. In this regard, we recommended that the PS, Ministry of Finance, the appointing authority of all Government Accounting Officers, must lead by example by strictly adhering to all Government financial regulations and procedures at all times. The 13th general observation we have made is on the introduction of the Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS). This has posed challenges. To overcome those challenges, we have recommended that the Government should always ensure that operational systems to be introduced are thoroughly evaluated and decided upon, and that adequate measures are put in place to mitigate against any disruption of Government operations, and further that the Government should implement the IFMIS in full to cover both revenue and expenditure transactions. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other observation is that on missing documents, in respect of which we recommend that the Criminal Investigations Department should investigate all cases of missing documents captured in this Report with a view to establishing their status and prosecuting officers responsible for their mismanagement, loss or deliberate destruction. Finally, we observed that there was need for creation of a forum on financial accountability in the public sector. My Committee observed that a forum comprising of players in public financial accountability such as the legislature, the Ministry of Finance, the Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO), the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), the Police Department and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) be"
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