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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to Second the Motion that this House adopts the Report of the CPAIC on the inquiry into the financial operations of Kajiado County Executive for the Financial Year 2013/2014. One of the biggest challenges that we face in this Committee is adapting a report whose investigations were carried out by a previous House. But in the tradition of this House, I believe that the men and women who sat in this House and in this Committee then are men and women of integrity who are able to ensure that a fiduciary duty is observed in each and every county. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I Second this Motion, I note clearly that there are issues that can easily be resolved by a resolution of this House to ensure that we can expedite the process of looking at audit queries of the Financial Year 2013/2014. It is shameful that we are in 2018 and yet we are still looking at the reports of Financial Year 2013/2014. I want to report to this House that our Committee is working diligently on a daily basis to ensure that we expedite and resolve these audit questions. Madam Temporary Speaker, from the outset, I wish to note that the former governor of Kajiado appeared before the Committee and responded to a majority of the questions raised by the auditor. I note with a lot of concern the issue of building capacity in counties. I hope that in subsequent years, this county will enhance capacity so that we can ensure a full fiduciary obligation. It is imperative that county governments, particularly governors, ensure that they can account for the resources they are entrusted with by taxpayers through the Division of Revenue Act from this House. Madam Temporary Speaker, our recommendations contain overall recommendations which cut across all counties. The issue noted in this Report as being common in every county is on building of capacity. I wish that the Senator for Kajiado was here, so that he can look at this report and follow through to ensure that the county government enhances the skills available for their staff. Doing that is what will help to close all the loopholes and ensure that fiduciary duty. On the issue of assets and liabilities, the Committee observed that the Auditor- General raised questions on the issue of outstanding debts, which is an issue that we can clear in this Committee to ensure that all counties are up to date with regard to assets and liabilities. This is because we have the defunct county councils and the new county governments taking over debts, some of which cannot be verified. It is an issue that cuts across. It was started by the Transition Authority and another intergovernmental body came in place to resolve this matter once and for all, in order for us to proceed further and ensure that the money which is sent to the county government is not used to pay debts or do services that could have been done previously. I would want to ask the Senator for Kajiado County to look at the management’s response and further see what the auditor’s remarks were in terms of the outstanding debts. When the Committee was looking at this matter, several observations were made, which are clearly noted in this Report. It is imperative that this House looks into that. 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."
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