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Entries 601 to 610 of 17810.
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. My chairman has ably moved this Motion. This Report was presented to the PAC after thorough due diligence was carried out by the competent Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly and his officers through a transparent, free and fair, competitive procurement process. This matter is before this House in line with Article 226(4) of the Constitution that gives powers and requires the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya to appoint a professionally qualified accountant to audit and report on the financial statements of the Office of the Auditor-General, an independent office that the ...
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
The winner is M/s. Ronalds Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and if approved by this House, this external auditor must provide assurance to this House and Kenyan public that the financial operations of the office of the Auditor-General in the selected Financial Years are above board. That the audits are in compliance with the PFM Act, the Constitution, Public Finance Chapter.
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Two, this firm must express an audit opinion. They must express an audit opinion of qualified, unqualified and the rest, on the financial statements giving us an assurance as a House and the people, that the Auditor-General followed the laid down procedures in financial reporting and financial standards, statements and accounts provide a true and a fair view of a financial position of that office.
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Third, these external auditors must undertake a performance audit to assure this House and the people of Kenya that the auditing services offered by the office of the Auditor-General even to the PAC, the PIC of the Senate, Special Accounts Fund Committee and the PIC are professional and adhere to the standards of international supreme audit institutions. These are some of the institutions the Leader of the Majority as a renowned accountant knows better than I.
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Rehema is my neighbour in Tana River and in most parts of her county, there is no electricity. She is used to using the torch in her mobile phone. So, I would like us to forgive her. Hon. Speaker, you are a ranking Member, and have been the Chair of the Public Investment Committee (PIC) in the 9th Parliament. It is in the Constitution that the Auditor- General brings reports into this House. Unlike other departmental committees, we do not call anybody. Our secretariat and the Chair do not invite people; it is the Report of the Auditor- General ...
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Courts cannot be accounted for, you will be indicted by the Auditor-General and you will find yourself before Room 9 of the National Assembly. Hon. Speaker, we want to thank you. You gave a good direction.
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Finally, that they provide a systematic review of the adequacy of the information systems and the ICT infrastructure in the office of the Auditor-General. What are the gaps?
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Finally, I really want to concur with what my chairman has said. This House must allocate more resources to the independent institutions created by the Constitution. The EACC, the DPP, the Judiciary and the office of the Auditor-General, in order to protect the billions and the trillions that his House allocates to various Arms of Government. You cannot have an institution to look for those who misuse public resources, the corrupt and the evil men and women within our public sector and then fail to provide adequate resources to it. Therefore, the outcome of the selected audit firms with enormous ...
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
The Constitution requires the National Assembly to appoint this person. The appointment of the external auditor is to provide an external audit service for the financial statements and Report of the Auditor-General, which is a fundamental pillar in promoting an assurance and independence of the Office of the Auditor-General. This Report provides an audit service for the Financial Statement for the Financial Years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. In fact, for the Auditor- General to be audited by an external auditor appointed by the National Assembly, a House of the people’s representatives, more credence and powers is given that the Office of ...
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11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Finally, the selected firm and the Clerk of the National Assembly and his technical team appeared before the committee. They were interrogated, they presented all the trail papers of how this company was selected among other competitors in the field for the audit of the Auditor- Generals’ office for the years under review. I have been around in this House and served under four clerks. In 2008, when I took the oath of office, the late Ndindiri was the Clerk. I served under Mr. Ndindiri, Mr. Gichohi, Mr. Bundi, and now Mr. Michael Sialai. I want to go on record ...
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