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    "id": 968868,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "First, I would start by congratulating the Committee that is led by the able Chair, Hon. Opiyo Wandayi. They have worked very hard. Once we have passed this particular Report, it will mean that we only need one report, namely, the one for 2017/2018 and we will be up to date as Parliament. You are aware that this Parliament has been blamed in the past that we have not passed audited reports as required and so, the revenue that goes to the counties is below what they should receive. I think this is a commendable step because that means in the next financial year when they will be computing the revenues to be shared to the counties, we expect the amounts to be higher. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you read through this Report, you realise that something is fundamentally wrong with our accounting system as a Government. Everywhere you do not get good stories. I am particularly concerned about several issues. First, this Report highlights that there was under-expenditure of over Kshs240 million shillings. I want to also concur with Hon. (Dr.) Eseli that some of these things give an impression that we have a serious problem with our planning. This under-expenditure is caused by delays in release of Exchequer and inadequate Exchequer resulting from inadequate revenue collection. There are things like delayed disbursements of donor funds, issues to do with IFMIS and procurement challenges. We The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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