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    "id": 1625182,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chute",
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    "content": "In some instances, you will find that the project has been initiated by even the former President, President Uhuru Kenyatta. If you go there today, placards are there and nothing is happening. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Government should recognize people like Omusundi. This man is bringing issues that we are discussing in this Senate today. He came before our Committee and we have had a discussion. He even came before the Senate Standing Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing to bring issues. I asked him who was funding him. He said they are a group of people and are not getting anything from anywhere. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is high time as a country that we need to have an oversight body, that can be constituted by the President that will look at issues being handled by the national Government, the county government and even the NG-CDF programmes, to avoid duplication of projects. I remember one time, in Wajir County, the NG-CDF did some work, drilled a pan. The Member of National Assembly then went to inspect the project. He was told that this pan is here. Then he asked, where? He was told, “Where you are standing is where the pan is”. That he was standing in the pan. He told them, “Please, do not tell me this pan is here where I am standing because there is no pan here”. The same pan, was being claimed by two people, a parastatal and NG-CDF. That is why I was saying, a committee should be instituted to look at all government projects. Money for projects done by national and county governments, including NG-CDF is from taxpayers. We should have a team that looks at what is done by national and county governments during a financial year. That includes NG-CDF and donor funding so that there is no duplication. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have duplication because somebody somewhere wants to steal money from the people of Kenya. What Omusundi is saying is that these are things that are supposed to be done by politicians. He wants to help politicians. He is saying that we should not brand vehicles or projects. I am a Member of the Committee. I thank the Committee for bringing a good proposal which will help this Senate to process this Motion. There is also the issue of EACC. Some Members have spoken here. If you can remember, I talked about EACC having problems. I think the person in charge today, that is Mr. Abdi, is capable. I hope he is listening to what the Senate is saying. I believe Mr. Abdi will take charge and hope that he is going to bring sense to EACC and that the reputation of EACC will be restored. Having said that, interferences from other sources also cause problems of investigating and managing EACC. Therefore, interferences from any quarter should stop. The petitioner is asking us to amend the County Governments Act, 2012. He urges MCAs to stop branding or putting their portraits or images on public-funded projects and I support that. He says that funded projects should be branded courtesy of taxpayers’ money. I do not think that is important because if there is any project constructed by the national Government, that is enough to show that it was done using taxpayers’ money. Display of information is important. If possible, any project that has been completed should be displayed openly and the information on the display should show The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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