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"content": "As I move this Motion, it is important to bring to the attention of Members of this august House that the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) has been working round the clock to ensure that reports are brought to the House. The interesting departure from other parliaments within the Westminster is that, for example, in the House of Commons, once the Public Accounts Committee makes recommendations and pronounces itself, those recommendations are binding. They are actionable and what remains is implementation. In our scenario, the CPAIC, being an agent of this House, is required to report back to this House. The House is required to debate on the report of the CPAIC and pronounce itself before implementation is undertaken. That increases the time taken, from the point when the inquiries are held to the point when this House pronounces itself. In the previous Senate whose life lapsed in 2017, the CPAIC did a lot of hard work of ensuring governors came to the Senate to account for funds that are sent to them. Unfortunately, in the previous Parliament, this House did not adopt even a single report, despite the fact that on several occasions, reports were laid on the Table of this House and Notices of Motions were moved. The House never got an opportunity to adopt them. It is only in this Parliament that this House has adopted a few reports of the CPAIC. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to report to the House that so far, this House has adopted seven reports of the CPAIC. In June, 2018, the House adopted the reports for Kisii, Homa Bay, Kilifi, Nakuru, Kajiado, Turkana and Narok counties. I have been informed by my clerks that the 26 reports which the Committee tabled are lying at the Table Office. A Notice of Motion should be generated and brought to this House so that those 26 reports can be scheduled for debate. Today, we have 10 reports to adopt. It is important that we bring closure to FY 2013/2014, because the key interest of Members of this House and members of the public is not on postmortem or investigations spanning six or seven years backwards. Members are more interested in what the current governors are doing. Indeed, Members have pronounced themselves in the past that, for instance, in the case of Nairobi City County, it might not be value adding to talk about what the previous governor did. It is more important to talk about what the current governor is doing, because in that manner, we will be proactive. We will be more of physicians than morticians, and that is what has been there in the past. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Motion I am moving contains 10 counties. I urge Senators from those respective counties to be keen on the findings and recommendations of the CPAIC. I recall when we adopted the seven reports that I have mentioned earlier, this House was nearly empty. Sometimes when we do not bring reports, there is pressure that we should bring reports; but when we bring them, there is little enthusiasm. That is why I thank the Chair for giving the Committee primetime for us to deal with the issue of oversight, which is one of the core businesses of the Senate. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members can access the Report before us on the iPads. The particular report I am talking about is about 210 pages, and there is another one that is 600 pages, but it will be moved in the next Motion. The first report is on Nandi County. Some of the observations are that Nandi County spent Kshs7.7 million to hire graders without following due process. We have recommended that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the accounting officers be held 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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