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    "content": "should be done. When you get somebody walking into a shop and paying upfront of 50 per cent using resources that belong to the public without even much query, it is only by God’s act that maybe these goods were delivered in good faith. However, if you checked the records of the Local Purchase Orders (LPOs) that were given out, it is quite clear in the report of the auditor that, fortunately, some of the items did happen to appear in the records. Therefore, there was a measure of honesty for those who handled those things by accounting for those goods even when they had been paid with 50 per cent upfront. If you got cunning suppliers, they would pocket the 50 per cent, walk away and pretend that they were never paid. What is the import of this? The import of this is that the Transitional Authority (TA), which had the mandate to build capacity in these counties was unable to do so expeditiously. You can now appreciate why it became very difficult to account for and put on record assets and liabilities. One of the things that you see throughout all these counties, as we have been able to examine some of these records, is that there are accumulated arrears of payments that have now become a huge pending bill of more than Kshs99 billion. At the end of the day, the Auditor-General, the Committee itself and this House must pronounce themselves on the way forward on the question of the pending bills. That is as a result of things not being done in an orderly fashion. One of the recommendations that must come out is the question of being able to employ, in Turkana County--- I hope that as we look at the books of accounts of the Financial Year 2015/2016 and subsequently, up to the latest accounts, we will see that there will be effectiveness and proper management of county governments’ resources through a competent employment of the CEC Member in charge of finance as well as procurement. The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) should urgently come up with a policy to regulate revenue allocation and use of motor vehicles. These were very badly misused. That should be another way. One of the impediments of attracting good and professional cadre was as a result of disparities in salaries. This is a hardship area where somebody would think ten times before they can accept any appointment. One of the recommendations that came out from this is that the CRA, along with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), should come up with a flexible – I think that is the word to use – plan and policy that will enable the county governments to attract these personnel who can manage the resources of that county. Madam Temporary Speaker, Turkana County is one of the most resourced counties with underground resources that need to be exploited. If they do so, they will raise our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to a very magnificent level. Therefore, we need to help them to come up with very competent individuals, who can subscribe to very effective management of that county. If we go this direction, all the counties will do well. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I second this Motion on the accounts of Turkana County Executive for the Financial Year 2013/2014."
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