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    "id": 921924,
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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": "also learnt that they hardly collect Kshs100 million. Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri was perturbed by that. The cost of implementing the system was equivalent to what they collect in a year and there were commissions of 7.5 per cent. When the funds are collected by the service providers, they are put in a fund which is supposed to be set aside and the service provider is not supposed to access it. In line with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act requirement, whatever is collected must first be swept to the County Revenue Fund before any commissions are deducted. However, we have seen cases where the service providers are deducting their commissions at source and where the funds of the Escrow accounts have been set up. The county governments have absolutely no control. Therefore, when the service providers collect that money, they first invest it in short-term financial instruments; make serious profits before remitting the money to the counties. As we legislate to make it mandatory for counties to implement these systems, we can draw from that experience for us to guide them appropriately so as to avoid the mistakes of the past. As a way forward, I wish to recommend to Sen. (Dr.) Zani that we should not just consult the National Treasury and Planning because we also have the Information and Communication Technology Authority (ICTA) who have the responsibility of coming up with frameworks, policies and guidelines on implementation of information technology solutions in Government. We, probably, might need to ask ourselves if we can have that consultation with the National Treasury and Planning and ICTA. At the moment, it is the ICTA that has the mandate of developing an enterprising architecture for Government information systems in this Republic. It is also the authority that has the mandate to come up with specifications, guidelines and frameworks that everyone must follow when doing acquisition. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is something that is emerging called integration frameworks. It is a concept that information systems used within a particular domain should be able to talk to each other, and that data should be able to flow seamlessly between them. As I had explained earlier, between the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) and the Local Authority Integrated Financial Operational Management Systems (LAIFOMs), there is virtually no integration. The IFMIS, LAIFOMS, Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database (IPPD) and the revenue collection system are all operating in silos. The ICT Authority must help us to identify an integration framework so that if County ‘Y’ decided to choose Solution ‘A’, and County ‘Y’ decided to choose Solution ‘B’, it does not matter the name of the solution; they must meet certain specifications. If they are put in the live production environment, it should be easy and possible for data to move between one system and the other."
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