16 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to inform Sen. Poghisio that his observations are valid. The report of the Auditor-General for West Pokot was barely five pages long. If you look at the chapter after West Pokot, there is a report on Tharaka-Nithi County which is almost 80 pages. So, in those first years, there were serious inconsistencies in the manner in which the Auditor-General was reporting. So, I inform the good Senator that it is not a mistake that the report for West Pokot County is that brief. It is the Auditor-General who tabled a brief report ...
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16 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank all the Senators who have contributed to this Motion. I also thank Members of the Committee who have burnt the midnight oil to ensure that these reports come to this House, not forgetting members of staff. Currently, the clerks attached to this Committee are held up in Naivasha trying to make sure that the reports for FY 2014/2015 and the subsequent years up to FY 2017/2018 are prepared and brought to this House.
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16 Oct 2019 in Senate:
I appeal to the Senators whose counties have been mentioned in this Motion to take some interest in the recommendations of the Committee. I thank Sen. Poghisio for pointing out the issues that he has identified with regard to West Pokot which is the county that he represents. It is important that Senators be part of the proceedings of the CPAIC.
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16 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, all Members of this Senate are qualified and allowed to sit in the CPAIC whenever it is interrogating books of accounts of their respective counties or any other county. I encourage Members to be forming part of the quorum 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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16 Oct 2019 in Senate:
during our meetings. That way, they will be in a much better position to understand the issues raised by the Auditor-General, the manner in which the CPAIC deals with them and the recommendations that need to be put in place.
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16 Oct 2019 in Senate:
If we had time and the good Senator for Nairobi City County was around, we would have illustrated how Nairobi City County Government borrowed Kshs5 billion from Equity Bank Kenya Limited many years ago. The money was meant for budgetary support. The County Government defaulted on the loan raising the interest from 14 to 24 per cent. You will not believe it but Nairobi City County Government is servicing a loan at an interest rate of 24 per cent. We have 10 of the 24 per cent that the bank calls “penal interest” because the County Government has defaulted on ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move- THAT, the Senate adopts the of report of sessional Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments on the inquiry into the financial operations of Nandi, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Baringo, Laikipia, Machakos, West Pokot, Tharaka-Nithi, Siaya, Embu, and Nairobi City County Executives for Financial Year 2013/2014 (1st July, 2013, to 30th June, 2014), laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 9th October, 2019. 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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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
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 ...
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15 Oct 2019 in Senate:
responsible. We have resolved, as Members of the CPAIC, that where there is violation of law and financial impropriety. The governor, being the CEO of a county, must be held jointly liable with the other accounting officers. Our understanding, as Members of the CPAIC, is that the governor is not just the CEO, but also the chief accounting officer. There are governors who argue that because they do not do the day-to-day approvals and they do not have the authority to incur expenditure, they should, therefore, not be held liable. That, in our view, is not an accurate interpretation of ...
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