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    "id": 1570774,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bumula, DAP-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanami Wamboka",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, Kenyatta University has spent a whopping Ksh600 million and you can hardly see anything beyond the foundation level. When we went there, we were asking where the project is. The Vice- Chancellor was just saying “here”. You could not see anything yet they have spent Ksh600 million. It becomes sad that the Auditor-General did not capture this. The office of the Auditor-General is not sufficiently funded. We implore this House, especially now during the budget-making process, to sufficiently fund these oversight offices like the Office of the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget which are doing a very good job. They will not function and we will not get value for money if they are not properly resourced. Having dealt with them, I can confirm that they are indeed made of steel and they are doing their work of overseeing Government. On governance and administrative structures, the Committee observes a peculiar governance and management situation at the Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). It was observed that KIST operates under the management of two distinct boards namely, the board of trustees and the board of governors. The Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Act, 2013, vests the responsibility of managing all TVET institutions in the board of gGovernors. Of particular concern is the situation regarding the institute's land ownership. The board of trustees held 200 acres of land in trust for the institution. However, following the enactment of The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Act, 2013, it is required that all the properties of the institute be transferred in the name of KIST and be managed by the board of governors. The board of trustees has, however, relinquished only 70 acres of land to the board of governors remaining with 130 acres. The Committee further notes with concern that the board of trustees obtained a loan totalling Ksh158 million for its sole use. The loan was secured by a fixed and floating debenture on all the assets of KIST. This is a very sad scenario. This institution was started by well- wishers; old men and women of goodwill from Kiambu County. They came together through donations and Harambees. They are the Njenga Karume's and the Kenyatta's. They decided that the area needed an institution of learning. They vested the mandate to run this institution to a board of trustees, then. Now there is a new set of board of trustees who have taken over the institution, against the law, with the enactment of The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Act, 2013. These trustees have refused to surrender the land property belonging to the Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) to the board of governors. Shockingly, they even trade with this property. They went to banks, specifically the Co-operative Bank of Kenya, and borrowed a lot of money under the name of KIST property. They think that they own this country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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