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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tobiko",
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    "content": "Government administrative services are yet to relocate to the town from Chuka Town. He also stated that most residents find it expensive to access the national Government offices at Chuka Town. In a bid to respond to the request, the Committee took the following course of action- (1) The Committee wrote to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to seek information on issues raised in the Statement. (2) The Committee also organized and carried out a county visit to Tharaka Nithi County for further investigations on the matter. (3) The Committee held meetings with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Controller of Budget (CoB) on the stalled buildings of the county headquarters and the County Assembly of Tharaka Nithi. (4) The Committee held meetings with several stakeholders in an effort to shed light on the issues raised. During the visit to Tharaka Nithi County, the Committee was made aware that in 2014, the County Assembly of Tharaka Nithi had initiated the process of constructing an ultra-modern county assembly in Kathwana. The project had failed to progress as anticipated due to challenges caused by lack of release of funds by the CoB following investigations by the EACC on the project over alleged misappropriation of funds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in its investigations, the Committee observed as follows concerning the county headquarters- (1) THAT following the conditional grants allocated to Tharaka Nithi to supplement financing and construction of the county headquarters, the project was stalled at 82 per cent completion. (2) There was lack of adequate infrastructure in Kathwana to accommodate all national Government departments, which has been a major issue hindering the operationalization of Kathwana County Headquarters. The available offices had been allocated to six departments, including the County Commissioner and the Deputy County Commissioner. Twelve other departments have no space, among them, the Kenya Police, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Land Registry and Land Control Board. (3) Civil servants posted to Kathwana would also face the challenge of finding accommodation since the town has no residential quarters including those of the County Commissioner and Deputy County Commissioner. (4) Additionally, Kathwana lacks the necessary amenities for a functional county headquarters, among them, good all-weather roads, electricity, reliable water supply, referral hospital, law courts, upgraded post office with a Huduma Centre, among others. Concerning the construction of the County Assembly Chamber, the Committee established the following- (1) That the EACC had put a stop to the construction of the county assembly as it carried out the following two investigations:"
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