Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 911741,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/911741/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 681,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13206,
        "legal_name": "Boniface Mutinda Kabaka",
        "slug": "boniface-mutinda-kabaka-2"
    },
    "content": "“Subject to clause (4), the accounts of all governments and State organs shall be audited by the Auditor-General.” The Auditor-General always prepares elaborate audit queries for counties every financial year. Sen. (Dr.) Zani and I did an analysis and came up with a comprehensive analysis of stalled projects. Out of the 47 counties, there are 14 which I am not giving a clean bill of health, but they do not have many queries on stalled projects. Before I go into that, I wish to state that every time the Auditor-General raises audit queries, the buck should stop with the governor. That is why we have the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC). More often than not, governors are known to appear and play some ping pong games with Members of that Committee and nothing comes out of that. Even when audit reports for counties are tabled, the game ends at the Senate. The procedure is clear, that upon presentation of audit reports, bodies charged with carrying out investigation should take play. I am referring to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) because I have not seen them working comprehensively. The Auditor-General’s reports are public documents and anyone can read and see the audit queries. There are governors who use public funds without accounting for them. Article 226(5) of the Constitution is very clear. It states as follows- “If the holder of a public office, including a political office, directs or approves the use of public funds contrary to law or instructions, the person is"
}