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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central (WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to join other Hon. Members in thanking the Public Accounts Committee for doing a very good job. I have taken time looking and reading through this Report, despite it being very voluminous and there are very important findings. Even though the Report is very good and the Committee has done a very good job, the most disturbing thing is when you look at the core recommendations of this Committee. Some of us have been in this House for over five years and have looked into earlier Public Accounts Committee Reports. The most disturbing thing is the fact that these recommendations come to this House year in, year out. The question I ask myself is: Is it that the so called accounting officers of this country do not learn from previous lessons? To what extent is the Auditor-General frustrated? It is very frustrating when you make a report this year and write recommendations then the following year, you make another report with the same recommendations. So, I see a very high level of frustration from the Office of the Auditor-General because the recommendations they give are not addressed. That worries me as a Kenyan and Member of Parliament. Before I give my comments, I think as a House we need to think seriously. How do we take up these recommendations and what do we do with them after we approve these Reports? I do not know whether this is work of the Committee on Implementation or it should be the work of the whole House in terms of giving way forward. Unless we craft a very clear way forward it is going to continue being a waste of precious time of this honourable House. Let me just mention some recommendations and my input. Every year, we spend a lot of time in this House discussing budgets. This is normally an estimation of what should be spent, so we realise most of our economic indicators in terms of economic growth and employment levels. Any time you see that the budget has not been spent that sends a clear message that, we cannot achieve what we had planned in terms of economic growth, employment and other important micro-economic variables. I just want to focus on the reasons why we are unable to spend the budget as planned. The reasons cited here include exchequer issues. For most of these Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) even though we give them money to work within 12 months, they are unable to get the cash to do the work. The other thing is the issue of delayed disbursement of donor funds. Donors who have agreement to fund particular projects do not avail money in good time. 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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