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    "content": "now, the Chief Executive Officer of the CMA is still waiting the approval or consent of the Treasury in order for us to access the audit report that was done by the KPMG. I think that report was ready by May this year. When we looked at the Act, we found that the only person who can stop the report from being made public is the Head of State. So, we are undergoing some vicious circle in this matter. I hope more money will not be lost through such a scam. The other issue we noted about the NSSF earlier on when we took evidence from its officials is the writing off of over Kshs1 billion on some of the projects that have been undertaken by the corporation. The NSSF moved away from its core business. The Fund went into purchasing property, plots and engaged in construction activities instead of finding a better way of investing workers’ earnings or investments. The same case happened with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). It has constructed huge buildings and office blocks at the expense of its core business of increasing the amount of rebate that can be passed over to the contributors. We recommend that, that should change. The NHIF should increase rebates to its contributors bearing in mind that the Government does not have a proper health scheme for its citizens. I am sure most Members of Parliament who attend to their constituents have a big problem with people looking for money to settle medical bills. Recently, the Minister for Medical Services addressed the issue here seriously. We noted that the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) had a lot of request for waivers. If the NHIF rebates go up, it is possible to assist that hospital. On the KNH, we also noted several tenders that were awarded to contractors and suppliers irregularly. We recommend that where there have been such irregularities that have led to the Government losing money, the Chief Executive Officers involved must be held responsible. I would like to touch on the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) whose land has been grabbed by some individuals. We have made recommendations that this land should be recovered and title deeds surrendered to the Treasury. We also recommend stoppage of procurement of goods and services through single sourcing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the Kenya Ferry Services, we noted that an officer who worked with the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) was allocated a plot belonging to the KFS but was funded by the KPA. This involved one of the sportsmen. We have recommended that this matter should be pursued. The Chairman of the Committee talked about ICDC. They were asked to give a donation towards the construction of a human resource centre. Instead of providing the money, it undertook to go and construct the centre. The ICDC engaged consultants, architects, quantity surveyors and engineers. This project took too long because the first contract was terminated and another one signed. As a result, the organization lost over Kshs63 million whereas it could have made a donation of Kshs5 million or Kshs10 million to the project. Therefore, it could have been much better than the organization carrying out the construction. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are a number of issues in this Report. I believe that hon. Members will have time to look at them. In spite of the problems we had after the last general elections, as a Committee, we got down to business and completed the reports on the Government parastatals that I have mentioned. However, we still have a problem."
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