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"speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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"content": "of them have left office without this matter being settled. We are setting the stage for one of the biggest cons that this country has ever seen; this issue of pending bills. In that report on those pending bills which was disputed by most governors, the Auditor-General said that out of Kshs108 billion presented, Kshs57 billion was fake. He called it ‘ineligible’ and used other English terms that sugar coated the issue. Our view is that if the Auditor-General says,“Do not pay Kshs57 billion,” then it could only be an attempt to fleece the public by putting in place fictitious claims.You can imagine what Kshs57 billion can do, if this amount that is going to float around counties in the form fake pending bills. We probably need to have some closure on this. My Committee has compiled a report on the Auditor-General’s Special Audit on Pending Bills and it will be coming as a separate report. However, across the 20 counties, we can see that pending bills are increasing every year. Number two, the payment to the CoGs remains a constant feature for all the counties. This was a second year of devolution, and it was characterized by a very rancorous relationship between the CoG and the Senate. The CoG was struggling hard to take away the role of the Senate to defend and protect devolution. They were, therefore, looking for money to do things, like taking the Senate to court and training governors on how to be little presidents. Each county was required to make certain payments to the CoG and a part of the payment was used to secure office space. Part of it was used to finance the operations of the CoG. Our Committee has recommended – and these recommendations have been previously approved in the Fiduciary Risk Report that we brought before this House – that all payments to the CoG are nugatory. We also recommended that the Chief Executive Officers of those counties should be surcharged. If they continue to make further payments, they should then be investigated and prosecuted."
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