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"content": "“(ii). The Accounting Officer, Dr. Kamau Thugge, puts in place measures to forestall the accumulation of pending bills at the National Treasury contrary to the provisions of Section 12(2) (b) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, which mandates the National Treasury to ensure proper management and control of, and accounting for the finances of the national Government and its entities in order to promote the efficient and effective use of budgetary resources at the national level.” (b) deletion of the Committee Recommendation under Paragraph 5 (Outstanding Imprests) appearing on page 19 of the Report and substituting therefor the following: “The Accounting Officer, Dr. Kamau Thugge, puts in place measures to manage imprest and ensure outstanding imprest is surrendered on time in line with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and Regulation 93 of the Public Finance Management (National Government) Regulations, 2015.” (c) deletion of recommendation No. 1 under Committee Recommendations under Paragraph 375.1 (Retention of Refunds - Kshs. 881,398,162.91) on page 466 of the Report, and substituting therefor the following – “1. The Auditor General to, within three months after the adoption of this Report, undertake an audit into the payments of Kshs.292,060,779.51 and Kshs.100,372,341.65 for FY 2013/14 and FY2014/15 respectively, totaling to Kshs392,433,121.16 made by the then Accounting Officer, Eng. John K. Mosonik, without original receipts. The Auditor-General should also undertake a further audit into refunds totaling Kshs.55,450,449.02 in FY 2014/15 paid by the then Accounting Officer to contractors without proof of completion of works contrary to the Public Finance Management Act, 2012.” (d) deletion of recommendation No. 1 under Committee Recommendations under Paragraph 375.2 (Unresolved Issues for Deposits Account for 2012/13 and Earlier Years) on page 467 of the Report, and substituting therefor the following- “1. The Auditor General to, within three months after the adoption of this Report, undertake a further audit regarding a Statement of Assets and Liabilities under Deposits for the former Ministry of Roads submitted by the then accounting officer, Eng. John K. Mosonik, that was still reflecting the Debit and Credit Balances relating to the FY 2012/2013 and earlier years which, besides being un- cleared for a long time, had remained un-analyzed and un-supported as at 30th June, 2016.” (e) deletion of the Committee recommendation contained in Paragraph 395.2 of the Report and substitution thereof with the following new recommendation- “The Auditor-General to, within three months after adoption of this Report, undertake further audit in order to establish the circumstances in which restricted tendering was adopted in the construction of a model county office in Embu by the State Department of Environment and Natural Resources during the Financial Year 2014/2015”; (f) deletion of the Committee recommendation contained in Paragraph 395.5 of the Report and substitution thereof with the following new recommendation- “The Auditor-General to, within three months after the adoption of this Report, undertake further audit on the propriety of using restricted tendering for fencing The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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