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    "speaker_name": "May 29, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 9 Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for coming to my rescue. Indeed it is true that there is such a Fund and all these Funds have to be audited. The Auditor-General brings a report to this Senate for the Senate to make a decision. There is no way we will make headway with that approach. The Auditor- General has assured us that they are implementing a new software called Team Mate Version 12 which allows them to produce consolidated reports. So, instead of sending us 10 reports per county, we will get one report that provides a dashboard of the financial and other affairs of a county. That will make the Senate useful. There is a matter which probably we will discuss in the Senate Liaison Committee. That is the 2013/2014 reports. I have seen the kind of disappointment Members have when looking at those things. The CPAIC is a committee of the House and looking at the Agency Theory, could we make a decision that the CPAIC has got the competence and authority to review the Auditor-General’s report and adopt it? The only thing we should be tabling so that we do not bring reports here for debate---. We should just table the reports here and once tabled, we close the chapter. Since it entails moving a Notice of Motion, then moving a Motion and doing debates for 47 reports for 2013/2014, we might not make headway. So, I will package that report appropriately so that we give the CPAIC authority to look at those reports and only table them. Finally, we must also give county assemblies incentives for looking at the audit reports. I urge the Committee on Finance and Budget that in the PFM Regulation where it is stated that not less than 7 per cent of county revenues shall be allocated to county assemblies, we might need to amend that and say 7 per cent of county revenues as per the last audited accounts. That way, we will compel county assemblies to carry out audits and not just leave it to the Senate. Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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