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    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "They vary costing every year. They are probably delaying the completion of that building for their purposes. I have looked at the recommendations by the Committee and found them to be very lenient. The Committee should have come up with more drastic recommendations. This is because the costs keep on going up. The initial cost was probably Ksh5 million, but now it is Ksh100 million because someone does not want to complete that building. If you start a project, it must be completed on time to save taxpayers the pain of funding it endlessly. Hon. Speaker, regarding the issue of expensive consultancies, some of our universities have personnel who can provide consultancy services at reasonable fees. A university has professors, engineers, and doctors who have knowledge. However, the Vice-Chancellor or the CEO of that institution will look for his friends and procure a consultancy at a very exorbitant cost just because they want to corrupt the system. As a government, we aim to reduce the cost of construction. I urge the current CEOs of educational institutions to ensure that we do not have expensive consultancies just for the sake of having them. Finally, skilled ethnic diversity within institutions is evident across the board in many parastatals and organizations. I urge those who have been given the mandate of ensuring that we project the face of Kenya in employment to do diligently so that public institutions do not reflect the ethnicity of the regions in which they are located. Public universities, KNEC, NACOSTI, and TVET institutions should all reflect the face of Kenya. I agree with this Report and thank the Committee for a job well done. I also thank them for fast-tracking the preparation of the Report and bringing it on time. I wish them well as they continue with an excellent job of auditing these public institutions. I ask that they continue holding the government to account. I ask the Leader of the Minority Party to play his role. Do your job. Stop going to the streets. Criticise us here in the House. We will appreciate that job, and we will move this country forward. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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