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    "id": 1057808,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "As we mentioned, we met a number of stakeholders, including the petitioners and executive. As we made our recommendation, we took into account the following- (1)We recognized the competing interests that lay out of this inquiry. The effective delivery of services by county governments requires that certain administrative requirements such as office space be put in place. On the other hand, the law requires that procurement of public goods and services is underpinned by certain principles. The most important of these is set out in Article 201(d) of the Constitution, requiring that public money be used in a prudent and responsible way. Further, Article 201(e) requires responsive financial management. Article 227 of the Constitution further requires that when a State organ or public entity contracts for good and services, it shall do so in a manner that is inter alia cost effective. Therefore, the Committee resolved as follows- (1)That the Uasin Gishu County Government should expedite the mechanisms which would cease payment of rent for office space and provide adequate office space for its operations. (2) Noting that there are parcels of land within the town, which are owned by the county executive and would be suitable for construction of office building and further cognizant that these parcels of land may in some instances be earmarked for other projects, the Committee recommends that the county executive should prioritize construction of office building. (3) The county executive should abandon the plans to acquire the NBK building and engage in the process of construction of an office block on available land under its ownership. (4) Further, noting that the cost of construction of office block should not exceed the Kshs500 million as per the existing resolutions, which were tabled in this Senate, therefore, the Uasin Gishu County Executive should stop any further process initiated on the transaction meant to acquire the NBK in Eldoret. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee found that in terms of value for money, we should not allow the county to proceed to buy the building at the cost of Kshs570 million. Once again, I thank the Members of the Committee and urge that counties should adhere to prudent utilization of public funds and make sure that there is value for money. We request the Office of the Auditor-General to be keen and check on some of these processes and highlight them in future audit reports."
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