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    "content": "infrastructure, which is a very expensive investment; the public could have lost a lot of money in these transactions. In addition to that, under the Ministry of Public Works, there was purchase and delivery of paints and other building materials to provinces and District Works Offices. Paints and building materials worth Kshs17 million went to total waste simply because there was limited storage and also due to poor quality of paints which had been ordered. The amount of paints which had been ordered was by far, beyond the amount which was required to paint these offices. This poor planning on the part of the Accounting Officers made the taxpayers lose Kshs17 million. Such poor planning and very poor implementation of projects should be avoided in the future if we are to save our taxpayers that money which can be used for other important projects. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to mention just one issue under the Ministry of Transport. There is a situation whereby a very vital service, which was basically two ferries were approved by Parliament at the cost of Kshs353 million. The two ferries were to be bought to enhance service delivery at the Coast. For years, the two ferries were never bought, simply due to laxity, inefficiency and not to mention the complex procurement procedures that were found to cause delays of the purchase of the ferries. It is sad when millions of money is approved by Parliament for the provision of a very vital service delivery and yet, due to laxity and inefficiency, the Kenyan people are denied that important service. I hope that in future, such officers will face severe punishments for denying Kenyans such important service. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, also on the issue of implementation of this Committees’ Report, there are certain delays. For instance, the Ministry of Finance failed for six years to submit the Treasury Memorandum to Parliament to facilitate the implementation of PAC Report. Six years’ delay means a lot to Kenyan taxpayers. As the key watchdog Committee of this House, the recommendations of the PAC are very important for this House to play its crucial role of a people’s watchdog. I call on the newly constituted committee of this House; the Committee on Implementation to ensure that PAC recommendations are implemented in a timely manner to ensure that we serve truly, as the watchdogs of the public. We also commissioned two very special audits; the first one being the Special Audit on the Privatization of the Telkom Kenya. The second one was a Special Audit of the Sale of Government Shares in Safaricom Limited. In spite of the urgency the PAC committed to these special audits, it is only today that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has been able to lay the two special audits on the Floor of this House. The reasons as to why we request for these special audits is to make sure that we are relevant and make sure that the Government is kept on account with regard to issues which we feel are very important and useful to the public. When special audits are availed eight months later, they do not serve any purpose. Having said that, we will do all that is possible and use the information in those audit reports to make those responsible accountable to the Kenyan public. It has been mentioned that the Reports of the PAC are not current. I want to assure this House that we will soon be current. This year, we are working on the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 reports, concurrently. I think in the next one year, this House will be current with its PAC Reports. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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