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    "content": "was on the competence of staff and it cuts across all counties during the first year of devolution. The fourth one was that procurement laws were not adhered to. This, again, cuts across all counties. Since this was the first year of procurement, a lot of thinking was of the Central Government. Even the matrixes that came alongside regulations that came along the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act had not been internalized by the county governments. Therefore, there was a lot of breach of the Public Procurement Act. The Committee is saying that there must be individual responsibility where there are breaches of the Act. The fifth observation was lack of internal control systems and Information Communication Technology (ICT); a problem cutting across all counties. The sixth observation, in the case of Narok County, was a high wage bill. The Committee noted that Narok County has a significant own-source revenue stream, which is Maasai Mara Game Reserve. The Committee also noted with concern that there seemed not to have been a detailed audit into the own-source revenue streams for Narok County. We are aware that the matter has been taken to court and there is a ruling that says that the Senate has no role in auditing or querying own-source revenue. We, as a Committee take the position that all the monies that form the budget of a county are subject to oversight and audit by the Senate. With those remarks, I beg to move and request Sen. Faki, who is also a Member of the Committee, to second the Motion."
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