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    "id": 1459965,
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    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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    "content": "Checks and balances were not as tight as we expected as a Committee, for the programmes to be flawless. Also, there was no accountability and responsibility needed in running a proper corporation to give returns. At times, the workplans were not properly followed. You find that what ought to have been done six months earlier has not been implemented. There were reasons for this, with some coming from the corporations. One of the reasons was the budget and the exchequer release. As a House, we should do something. Most of the time, those corporations start projects and almost at the end of the fiscal year, absorption of funds has not happened because the Exchequer did not release the money on time. What does that do? If a project runs into another fiscal year, definitely you will have project overrun. And that is expensive. It will eat back into the new allocations. We found the budgets were not realistic in some of them. Of course, that had an effect on projects. If you under-quote or under-budget, you cannot finish projects. You will have to look for additional resources that may not be forthcoming. Projects stall most of the time, thus causing many overrun costs. As mentioned by the Chairperson, some of fixed assets registers were lacking. Those available were not updated at all. You would find a whole team without updated fixed assets registers. We found that very unprofessional. Lastly, I appeal to the Committee on Implementation. When we were going through all those issues, we found items that previous Public Investments Committees recommended and have not been acted upon. Our work as a Committee is to recommend what to be done. We have asked that some be done in three months and others in six months. The Committee on Implementation that is also in this House is called to bite. The EACC or the ODPP should follow up issues that are recommended to them to make sure they are corrected. We should not get into another fiscal year and come back to the Committee again. Members, I urge you. Please, support this Motion and adopt it so that it goes straight to the Committee on Implementation. We can deal with other years when we get into another fiscal year. Not this one. With those few remarks, I second."
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