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"content": "suppliers. Unsettled claims arising from such arrangements are to be addressed between the parties, in accordance with their contractual framework, as the Ministry was not involved. The Ministry has already paid the contractor to the extent of the certified works. On the question concerning the plans by the Ministry to review its contractor selection and monitoring processes in future projects to prevent similar occurrences, the Ministry has adopted a decentralised approach to the implementation of projects. For example, the construction of Grade Nine classrooms was undertaken by the schools directly. This means that the Ministry will channel funds directly to schools, and the schools will source for contractors. The Ministry disbursed funds to schools, which then procured contractors and monitored the implementation of the projects. To enhance monitoring and supervision, the Ministry will leverage the Geo-Enabling Initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS), which has been integrated into the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS). Through the embedded KOBO Toolbox, data on school infrastructure will be efficiently captured by both school administrators and field officers. The GEMS tool has been fully incorporated into NEMIS to facilitate real-time reporting on infrastructure development. We respectfully submit, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "Thank you. Hon. Timothy, do you wish to say anything about the Statement?"
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"speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to respond to that Statement. That Statement does not meet the threshold of a response from a Committee that ought to conduct thorough investigations on such a serious matter. On 14th March, I brought this Statement before this House. These are SEQIP in my constituency. There were 23 projects, out of which, only 13 were completed. Ten were never started. Some were started, but the works collapsed midway. These projects are wasting away. You will be shocked by the report that the Committee has presented to this House. For the ten projects that were neither started nor completed, one of the justifications given was that of challenging terrain. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you are my neighbour in Uasin Gishu. Tell me, St Teresa Koibarak Girls, which is in Marakwet West, Santa Maria Cheptulon, and Cheborowa Girls, Kapcherob, where exactly is the challenging terrain in that area? This is a serious matter that the Committee must treat with the seriousness it deserves. The second reason they have provided for not completing, or even starting the projects was serious security issues. Where in Marakwet West? We only have one challenge in one area of the constituency. Hon. Joseph Makilap is my neighbour in Baringo North, which is more rural, and has security challenges. One of the projects that has neither been completed nor started is in Chebororwa Girls. This is a joke. The problem we face with statements in this House is that committees merely adopt and regurgitate reports from the Ministry, hook, line, and sinker, without conducting any investigations."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "Hold on, there is a point of order by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education."
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"speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What Hon. Toroitich is saying is quite untrue. We conducted a thorough investigation. He was the one who failed to attend the Committee Session where we questioned the Cabinet Secretary on his behalf. He is an absentee Member. When we had the Cabinet Secretary before us, we invited him to attend but he declined. The Chair is simply conveying the outcome. We did a great deal of work for you as the Member for Marakwet West. In fact, we even asked the very questions you are now raising. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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"content": "Therefore, for you to come here and claim the Committee did nothing… These Members worked hard. We even reviewed every contractor’s recognisance visit. Why would they not have raised the issue of challenging terrain? I must rise to clarify that we, as the Departmental Committee on Education, did our work. It took us about two hours to interrogate your Question. Now, for you to come here and say the Committee did nothing is quite absurd, Hon. Toroitich. You need to style up and recognise that we are taking this matter seriously."
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"content": "Hon. Toroitich, did you attend the Committee hearing? This is just to confirm a fact."
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"speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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"content": " Chair, I will provide reasons for my absence from the Committee Session. I did not even though I was invited. I informed the Clerk of the Committee that I was attending another meeting in Mombasa. I was never granted an extension. Nonetheless, Hon. Melly must be reminded of Article 125 of the Constitution of Kenya, that when a Committee of Parliament sits, it holds the same powers as the High Court to investigate a matter. It is the Committee’s responsibility to visit the projects and provide this House with a detailed report. It is not the role of a Member to attend the Committee in order to provide reports, especially when the Committee is acting under Article 125."
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"speaker_name": "Gem, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Elisha Odhiambo",
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"content": " On a point of order, Hon.Deputy Speaker."
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