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    "content": "When you explain to a citizen or lay man in Bura Constituency that the loss of Kshs153 million in Strategic Grain Reserves was due to moisture content, he cannot understand how you can attribute that loss to evaporation or poor storage of maize. That is money that can be shared by about three constituencies in terms of the CDF. These are issues that the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) should take very seriously. There are many cases that we forwarded to the KACC for further investigations. We would like those who steal public money to be apprehended and arraigned in court so that it can serve as a lesson to others. In the new constitutional dispensation, Parliament will even be more apprehensive on how public money and resources are utilized. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, I urge the Committee and the House to focus more on value for money audit. Financial audit is about book-keeping, how accounts are maintained, whether there are enough balances and whether vouchers correspond. However, in value for money audit, Kenyans would like to know whether the funds expended to buy chairs are commensurate to the prevailing market prices or whether the office build at Kshs1 million is worth the money. Whether the Kshs1million that was spent to built an office somewhere is worth it. It should not be that the Kshs1 million is shown in the books of accounts as having been paid to the contractor, the vouchers, the dates they were due and the percentages of work. We would want to focus towards value for money audit while in essence trying to take care of the financial audit. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I wish to second."
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