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    "id": 1076180,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1076180/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2960,
        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "So, as we speak, the company is still owed about Kshs70 million which it is still pursuing with the responsible State Department. That tells you what goes on in public finance management. If officers decide to conspire with third parties to defraud the public of their money and nothing is done against them, this is the kind of results you end up with. Another example, as I conclude, is a project that was supposed to prepare our stadia, about five of them, including Nyayo Stadium and Kasarani. The continental games were supposed to be hosted in Kenya in 2008 and two companies were contracted. One by the name of Gregori International was supposed to plant grass for lack of better terminology and have it ready for the games. The company did some work but not fully. Then there was a problem with payments. The company eventually went to court and the matter is still lying in court. The work was not completed. The money was paid out running into hundreds of millions of shillings. The Government risk paying more money if the court rules in favour of the company. Critical is the second company that was contracted at the same time by the name Auditel Engineering Limited. It was contracted to fix security systems in the stadia. It is not clear how this company came on board. There is no evidence as to how it was procured. We were unable to see even the contract that was signed by the Government with this company. To make matters worse, the company was given a down payment of Kshs330 million. On receiving this down payment, the company vanished. That was about the year 2009. The contract was supposed to have been signed around 2007/2008. The company has no known local address. Attempts to trace its owners abroad were futile. The Committee was unable to locate its whereabouts both locally and overseas and yet, taxpayers’ money was paid out by public officials who are known and are, perhaps, still in service. So, this basically tells you the extent to which impunity has been institutionalised in the public finance management. 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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