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    "content": "the Committee’s recommendation and the management response for the subsequent year--- It is something which recurs. It will become very problematic if an issue that was raised in 2013/2014 is raised again in 2014/2015. I also want to note one area that is of concern. It is the issue of unsupported payments and vouchers. We do understand that the counties had a lot of issues with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). I do hope that the issue has now been resolved or it is in a stage where we can ensure that every payment that is made by the county government goes through a proper procurement process which should be captured in the IFMIS system. With regard to Kajiado, in the Financial Year 2013/2014, like I earlier on said, I note that most of the issues that had been raised by the Auditor-General in his audit report had been resolved. With regard to the ones that had not been resolved, there were recommendations that had been set up by the Committee. Some of them had to do with the issue of human resource. When the Auditor-General raised this concern, the Committee observed that the management had taken appropriate steps to regularize the staff placement according to skills and necessity and a draft human resource policy was at an advanced stage. Saying that it was at an advanced stage does not mean that this had been done. It will be imperative for the Senator for Kajiado to follow up, so as to ensure that the people who are working in Kajiado can help that county save resources. The other thing that was of concern was the internal audit committees. This issue cuts across most of the counties. It is imperative that every county sets up an internal audit committee for them to deal with all these issues. It is wrong for the Committee of the Senate to be looking at petty things that can be resolved there. When we invite the governors, we do not just want them to appear. We want to ensure that the money that is sent to the counties is based on actual revenue that is being collected by this Government. In fact, my biggest pet peeve is looking at things that happened ages ago. The issue of postmortem will not help this country. It is important for us to interrogate and come up with proper recommendation on current matters. It is a shame that we are still looking at issues of 2013/2014. 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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