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    "id": 13379,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/13379/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. C. Kilonzo, basically, has asked about participation of leadership on the ground. Even in my other earlier Statement on this project, I did say that there was need for a redesign so that local leadership could actually be included. So, because this project is now being redesigned, we will ensure that room is given for local leadership to participate; the way, for example, we do with CDF and so on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Bahari asked about the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) component. The internship training is actually being done by KEPSA. That is a component which comprises of US$15.5 million. KEPSA is actually rolling out a programme and, already, has held meetings with members. As you know, KEPSA members are in various sectors of the economy. That programme is already kick-starting but we have not received a feedback on how it is proceeding. Dr. Kones, we need to be clear with these figures. When we talk about “ineligible”, we really are not implying that that money was lost. We have said that there are some monies which have got integrity issues and then there are others which are ineligible. So, the Kshs308 million was the sum total. But the one that was found by the internal audit to have integrity issues, amounted to Kshs107 million. That is out of Kshs7 billion, Kshs107 million is what had integrity issues which amounts to 1.35 per cent of the total amount of money that had been used. We said that that money should be recovered from the officers who were involved. Here, I am talking about the first phase. Finally, with regard to the World Bank, I mentioned that the Prime Minister’s Office Component is only US$400,000 out of the US$60 million. This is basically for supervision purposes and things like launching and so on. We were supposed to have launched this project somewhere between Githunguri, Kinangop and Machakos but there were issues regarding local leadership and we had to postpone it. However, there are expenses which were incurred. This was on things like publicity material which include things like T-shirts, caps and so on and also publicizing the project countrywide through the media and rural expenses. Those were the expenses which were charged to the World Bank Account which the World Bank has said were ineligible; that they should not have been charged to their account; that this money should have been charged to the GoK component of the project. So, there was a misunderstanding and we have agreed that we will refund the World Bank through the GoK component funds. That money has not been lost. In other words, we used the World Bank money to pay what should have been paid using the GoK component funds. That is not a loss. That is just an accounting confusion and we will address it by making internal transfers."
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