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    "id": 921922,
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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": "Having chaired the CPAIC, I believe that every county needs to have an automated revenue collection system. It is one way of ensuring that we optimize own source revenue and also get rid of something that we learnt when we were discussing issues to do with Migori County, called under-carboning. Under-carboning is where revenue collection is manual. The revenue collector charges the market woman Kshs50, but deletes the carbon copy and then enters Kshs20 on the carbon copy. In between collection and submission to the county, the county has already lost Kshs30. An automated revenue collection system will bring about integrity in the system. It is not automatic that there will be transparency and integrity because we have seen counties with automated revenue collection systems still having a lot of problems. Allow me to first paint a picture on the state of automation in our counties. We have IFMIS that has been deployed to all counties. It is being used for accounts receivables, accounts payables, purchasing, partial budgeting, general ledger and reporting. In addition to IFMIS, we have the Integrated Payroll and Payroll Database (IPPD) which is being used to manage the payroll. The third system in the counties is the Local Authority Information Management Systems (LAIFOMS) which is an old system that was supported during the days of the defunct local authorities. LAIFOMS is still being used by certain counties for recognition of own source revenue. The fourth distinct system that we have in the counties is the revenue collection systems. In Nairobi City County, for example, we had JamboPay provided system. Other counties have systems that have been provided in partnership with banks, or in partnership with academic institutions. Strathmore University has been vending a particular revenue system. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are problems with the four distinct automated systems in counties. We know the problems of IFMIS. When governors come to the Senate or when they speak in the public domain, they have always indicated that the implementation of IFMIS has not been completed. They have said that the downtimes in IFMIS hinder them from doing their work effectively. They also believe that IFMIS is structured in a manner that still thinks of a centrist government rather than a devolved structure of government. This was clear when Kiambu County came before us. When we were looking at budget execution extracts from IFMIS, it was clear that there was still some customisation that needed to be done in that system. These four distinct systems do not talk to each other. There is very little integration, if any, between IFMIS, IPPD, LAIFOMS and the own source revenue collection system. That means that sometimes you have to enter data in LAIFOMS then carry that data on a piece of paper to IFMIS to do a second data entry. That is not the efficiency that information systems are supposed to provide. The other challenge is that they are supported by different players. IFMIS is supported by National Treasury and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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