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    "id": 932710,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "I encourage the Committee that as they continue looking at these accounts, they should also be able to make firm recommendations about what needs to be done where there are transgressions of the law, mis-expenditure and above all where counties are manning and accumulating huge imprests. I just saw in the media that unaccounted for imprest in my county now stands at about KShs150 million. That is an outrage. Nobody should ever be allowed to take imprest without surrendering the previous one. It is through imprest that we lose a lot of public money. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, more importantly - and this is not just about Bungoma but all counties - the Transition Authority(TA) and the successor to it the counties, have never been able to properly account for public assets. There was a lot of land everywhere in this country in terms of public parks, public markets, dams, cattle dips and a lot of things which in the transition and confusion of moving from local authorities to county governments some of these properties just disappeared. There are always criminals hanging in the wings to take advantage of any confused situation. I would want to see that CPAIC call in and hire an external valuer and investigator to go through the records of each and every county. They have authority to do this. This is because if we are talking about property for example, in Nairobi City County, a small property measuring 50 by 100 meters is worth millions, probably Kshs50milliion or 100 million. People have floated away this for their personal benefit in many former municipalities. My county is not any different. Public land has been stolen. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, more importantly, the Committee should not just end up saying that they recommend that such and such be done or improved. Where there is 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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