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    "id": 1270590,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alice Wahome",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation",
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    "content": "Things did not go as planned. The contract was challenged and there is a whole report which I would possibly request the Hon. Member to go through. I have attached it to my response. Issues of accountability arose between the school and the contractors. I believe my Ministry and the Ministry of Education, which were doing the oversight, may also take some share of responsibility. The report shows that work is still not complete notwithstanding the fact that those are the 2012 contracts. I have given a report by a multi-agency team that included my Ministry, the Ministry of Education, Office of the Attorney-General, Lake Victoria North Water Development Works, and North Rift Water Development Works. All these teams came up with a report that indicated that the money was not well accounted for and it became necessary to have the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) get involved. The matter has not been concluded by EACC. I think it is a case of abuse and misuse from my own assessment of the report. I would expect the report of the EACC to fill in the gaps and give us a solution either to prosecute, refund, or get to know how much money was lost. It is clear from this report that the projects are not complete yet a lot of money has been spent. We still do not have institutions enjoying what was planned. It is sad, Hon. Speaker. This report came to me as a result of this Question. So, I appreciate the Question. I will ensure I personally follow up with the EACC to see the end result or the way forward. The Hon. Member could take some time and read the report. I believe this is a case that requires deeper analysis before I can make conclusions myself. The Attorney-General has been seized of the matter. The forensic audit ordered investigations into the projects and the workmanship too. From the report, it does not look quite okay. Therefore, the Ministries of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works was also involved in the multi- agency team and they were to give us a full report, which is part of the report that I have given. But there is still more work that is needed. There are also some cases that have arisen before the tribunal. The Attorney-General represents some of the institutions, like Chebara Boys which was sued by the contractor. This is a very bad show for all the institutions that were involved, including the contractors."
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