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    "id": 1170149,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2433,
        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Investments Committee on its consideration of the Special Audit Report on the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 2nd June 2022. The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) did not do a risk assessment to realise what would happen in the event of a delay. In the process of that, they signed addenda which were for the purposes of the transmission line. When they did this, they did not put in mind that it would have a replica effect financially on a company that is now charging us for power that was generated, but was not used by Kenyans. Equally, amongst the recommendations, we have now said that the accounting officers then in the Ministry of Energy and KETRACO should be held accountable for not conducting an independent legal risk assessment prior to the execution of the contracts. Secondly, there was an excess amount of money that was paid to this company. In the process of doing that, the amount of money that was paid was 6,173,296 Euros. The people in charge of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project wrote back to the Ministry of Energy and Kenya Power and Lighting Company and told them that they had overpaid them. However, it took a whole year for them to give them an account number where they would return that money. Those people who were procrastinating need to be held accountable for a loss of more than 30 months. They connected the transmission lines but there were failures. There were people who paid the wayleaves and signed addenda without even explaining that there would be a replica effect. As I quickly wind up, all these power purchase agreements should not be taken to the Attorney-General’s office after being signed for consent. They should be taken there before they are signed, so that he can give his input. Right now, the Attorney-General’s input is more ceremonial. We want this to be reversed. Other companies were given a contract to finish the transmission line. Nari Group Corporation and Power China Guizhou Engineering Company Limited did an excellent job. They finished this work before the time limit. They signed a clause which said that if they did not finish in time, they would take responsibility. Those companies have not been paid. Courtesy of this Committee, part of the funds that were overpaid to Lake Turkana Wind Power Project were returned. I congratulate my colleagues and the Office of the Auditor-General. That money should be paid to those Chinese companies, so as to avoid an extra amount of interest. It is right to do so because they finished their work on time."
}