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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "So, some of those cases ended up in court, but there are very many others which never went to court. We are aware there is a new regime at the NLC. We have not seen much change in terms of the process that is being undertaken for land compensation. Lots of money was lost in the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project. The monies that were paid out were done on the basis of nothing. That is because the basic document that you would need in such a process is the land valuation report. The basic document that you will need in such a process is land evaluation report. However, where these reports are either non-existent or are not owned by way of signatures, then it means money was just paid out arbitrarily. The other issue is the absorption of budget and pending bills. The budget absorption issue or the problem mainly arises as a result of the numerous Supplementary Estimates that this House approves. This culture or phenomenon of Supplementary Estimates even though it is well intentioned, has an effect of creating problems in budget implementation. We have said this many times before that even if we have to bring a supplementary budget, it needs to be done on time. This idea of waiting for the last minute to bring supplementary budget has a serious problem. Many at times, State departments, commissions and ministries commit money by way of procurement as a result of the Appropriation Act which was approved by this House, then at the last minute, the allocations are reduced. The contractors are on site and yet in the far analysis, the budget is reduced in the second or third Supplementary 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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