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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, when you look at some of the other issues, they have baffled me. I hope that we will find a way out. Also, the people of Kilifi County can come back and demand value for money. On the matter of collecting and remitting revenue--- Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy to see my dear friend, Sen. 001, has just walked in. He was a Member of this Committee. I hope that he will contribute and shed some more light to help us understand how and why they just let this issue pass without following it through. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that they visited Kilifi County, but on the issue of revenue collection and remittance. One of the recommendations that they came up with is that they wanted a special audit – which had been requested by the County Assembly – on allegations of non-collection ofrevenue. This Committee should have at least ensured that they followed through to ensure that the audit is carried out, and that revenue is collected on the ground and deposited into the county revenue account to benefit the people of Kilifi County. Madam Temporary Speaker, although by default we take ownership, being part of the CPAIC now, I am disappointed with the work which was done by the previous Committee. I hope that the EACC and all other entities will follow through. There is no point of us having a law yet we cannot implement it fully. Right now, we are here lamenting that Kenyans are going to be taxed heavily, yet when we are collecting money to send to the Exchequer, we cannot follow through to ensure that every single penny collected is banked to better the lives of those citizens. Therefore, this audit should be done. If the auditor comes back and says that they do not have a budget--- Surely! I think we may have to stop certain projects to ensure that there is a budget and an audit has been done so that the people of Kilifi County do not lose their money. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I second this Report, I hope that when this House adopts this Report, we and the Senator for Kilifi County can follow through on the general observations. This is because when these issues are not resolved; when the Auditor-General leaves a matter from the previous year, it carries on and on and that query will never be closed. It is imperative for us to know whether in subsequent years--- For example, from the Financial Year 2013/2014 when that imprest was given to the staff, and since the recommendation of this Report which said that it must be surrendered, there is no way you will tell me that it was surrendered. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are also certain recommendations that my good friend, Sen. Wako and his colleagues, came up with in terms of guidelines of imprest. I think they are already in place. It, therefore, behooves the Senator for Kilifi County and all of us, that when we are carrying out oversight, we do not just spend time and put things on paper;just come here, debate and adopt the report. In most cases, we adopt the reports when there are only a few Members in the House who can take time to read though and see where Kenyans are losing money and where the problem is. There is no way we will defend devolution if we do not demand fiduciary responsibility in county governments. With those many remarks, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to second. 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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