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    "id": 842553,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Sessional Committee on the County Public Accounts and Investments on the inquiry into the Financial Operations of Kilifi County Executive for the Financial Year 2013/2014 (1st July 2013 - 30th June, 2014) laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 19th June, 2018. Madam Temporary Speaker, a lot has been said in the earlier Motion on how timely these reports ought to be, and the approach we need to take to make sure that we are more of physicians than morticians. I will not repeat what has already gone on record. Kilifi County appeared before the CPAIC on 11th August, 2016, on 16th August, 2016, and on 17th August, 2016 to go through the Report of the Auditor-General on the financial operations of the Executive for FY 2013/2014. With the approach where a county appears before the Committee three times and we have 47 counties, it means it will take several years for this Senate to exhaust all the counties. These are just appearances before the Committee. You have to go to report writing, adoption of the report, table the Motion and then debate it. This means that one county could take collectively about 14 days for it to be processed. That is why the concerns of Members are extremely valid and we must find a better way of doing this. Nonetheless, the Committee looked at some of the issues that were raised by the Auditor-General. Madam Temporary Speaker, Kilifi County had significant issues of procurement that had been flagged by the Auditor-General. First, the Governor of Kilifi County used Kshs140 million to buy a residential house; I am told it is called the “Kilifi State House.”The Auditor-General indicated that the procurement plan did not have a provision for purchase of the house. Whether there was a procurement plan or not, what caught the 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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