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    "id": 952848,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "post-mortem on reports without being current. We are current. We presented before this honourable House the fiduciary reports covering all those years. When we look though the books and everything else, we have been able to cover and know what the danger points are, areas of corruption and misuse or abuse of office. Accordingly, we have been able to in the context. Finally, on that point, it is only today that we have been able to clear at least 10 counties in today’s sitting from those years I have mentioned up to the current 2017/2018. They will be table before this House. Over the weekend, we intend to also do another 10 or 20. By the end of this coming week, we might be doing all the 47. Therefore, we will be doing 235 reports current from the year they were there up to this year. If there is any accolade it should go to CPAIC because we have been able to go through all those accounts and to update. We were very tired of this language that the division of revenue was being based on the last audited accounts. The last audited accounts that the national Government is using to effect the division of revenue is based on Financial Year 2013/2014 books of account. When one looks at those audited accounts, they are under Kshs1 trillion. Today the national budget is Kshs3.2 trillion. For us to be able to position ourselves to bargain on the basis, should this policy continue, we will be based on the current audited books of accounts. We thought that the Senate should take the lead so that we are able to be current. They will have no excuse, except that the National Assembly has not been able to be current. So, we should congratulate the CPAIC for reaching that level The other point which has been touched on is the question of unqualified accounts. I think we are referring to Makueni and Nyandarua counties which were the only two unqualified books of accounts. We opened the Pandora’s Box in Makueni. They were to appear in Kitui, but did not. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, the County Government of Machakos was served with the summons - I think their Senator is in the know - that we shall be there on Monday to interrogate the books of that County."
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