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"content": "Hon. Members, you will recall that on Wednesday, 26th October, 2011, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, while issuing a Statement during Prime Minister’s Time on the implementation of the Kazi kwa Vijana (KKV) Programme, tabled a number of documents on the subject in question. You will also recall that some of the documents tabled were admitted. The Chair undertook to examine the other documents to establish whether or not they are admissible pursuant to the practice and procedure that this House has established. Hon. Members, there are three documents in question; two are titled, “Statement from the World Bank on the Kenya Youth Empowerment Project”. As I observed at the time, although the two documents are different in structure, their content is essentially the same. Each of these documents has contact details of persons who, on the face of it, are connected to or working for the World Bank in Nairobi. In addition, the Statement appears on the World Bank website. I, therefore, find that the statements, although different in format, are admissible. Hon. Members, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government further tabled a third document titled, “Kenya Portfolio Financial Management Supervision – June, 2011: Interim and Unvalidated Report (FM) indepth Review, 13th September, 2011.” The document has the following words imposed on it, “Strictly confidential - For internal World Bank view only.” A careful study of the document has revealed that it is not signed and does not have a forwarding letter or details of the author. In addition, efforts to access it on the World Bank website have been futile as it is apparently not posted. As hon. Members are aware, the Chair has guided the House on previous occasion on the admissibility and/or authenticity of documents tabled in the House. For instance, on 18th January, 2011, when faced with a similar question, the Chair made the following Communication: “The final document is not dated and there is no indication who the author is or to whom it is addressed. There is no signature or other identification of source or ownership. I have further perused the document with a view to ascertaining its source and admissibility, but find that the document, whatever may be its value or use outside this House, does not speak for itself in any of the crucial aspects pertaining to admissibility and our rules and is, therefore, inadmissible.” Arising from the foregoing, therefore, I find that the document is not admissible. I make the same findings with respect to the document tabled by the Member for Ikolomani, hon. Dr. Khalwale which, although structurally different from that tabled by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, appears to have the same conclusion on the amount of money that was allegedly misallocated. In a nutshell, therefore, the net effect is that I admit the first two documents. I do not admit the last two documents. I thank you."
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