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    "id": 1408580,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1408580/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hereby present a Petition that has been submitted to the Senate by Mr. Bernard Muchere, CFE, concerning public money stolen to fund the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project. As you are aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution; “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including to enact, amend or repeal any legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in this Petition are- (a) THAT, the petitioner, as a fraud risk management consultant, upon undertaking a fraud examination of the SGR Project, alleges that the project did not meet the criteria for a public project neither did the contract and related quality qualify as a public contractual public debt. (b) THAT, the conceptualization of the SGR Project was not captured in the Vision 2030, First Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) and the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) Strategic Plan as required under Section 68(g) of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012. (c) THAT, there is no evidence showing if the KRC, as the procuring entity, invited the SGR tenders as provided under Section 51 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2005, carried out the tendering process, culminating in a contract agreement as provided under Sections 52 to 69 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2005, and whether the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA), now the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) published a notice of---"
}