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    "id": 932572,
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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": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Auditor-General, responsible for Corporate Services informed the Committee that without the substantive auditor, there was no acting person in the position of the Auditor-General, following the expiry of the tenure of Dr. Edward Ouko, as per the law. Hence the officer could not make any commitment on behalf of the Office of the Auditor-General, and the meeting was adjourned without any discussion on the matter. The Committee took note of the matter and recommends an amendment to the Public Audit Act, 2015, to provide for acting capacity in the event a vacancy arises in the Office of the Auditor-General. It is a crisis in that before a new Auditor-General is appointed, the interpretation is that there is no substantive Auditor-General. The amendment to the Public Audit Act, 2015, was struck off at the High Court. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee undertook county visits to the following counties. Kwale County from 3rd to 4th September, 2019; Mombasa County on 5th September 2019 and Makueni County on 1st October 2019. During the visits, the Committee did the following- (1) Held capacity building meetings with the Public Accounts and Investments Committees (PAICs) of the assemblies in the respective counties; (2) Held meetings with the county executives on audit matters; (3) Undertook inspection visits to key projects implemented by the county governments; (4) Engaged with local residents to ascertain the level of public participation in project identification and implementation. In these engagements, the Committee noted that- (1) Public Accounts and Investments Committees (PAICs) of county assemblies lacked capacity to carry out their mandates effectively, especially interrogation of audit queries; (2) Most of the recommendations given in the reports of PAICs were mostly advisory. They were not specific, realistic or time-bound. They tended to be broad statements that could not be implemented easily; (3) Most PAICs face non-cooperation from the county executives in submission of responses to audit queries, despite formal requests. I dare say that most PAICs at the counties are muzzled. The question arose as to why the county executives prefer to appear before the Senate, and do not want to cooperate with the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). The only conclusion is that the Senate has a helicopter view and it does not get into details of issues. Therefore, the County Executive Committee (CEC) 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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