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    "id": 196138,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/196138/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I notice that you have looked at your watch because time is approaching. I will be very brief. I have just one point. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, after going through these reports, I have just targeted one area, and that is on tourism. I noted that over Kshs58 million was not utilised in the time designed because of a special request by the Goldenberg Commission for the sittings to be extended. Rehabilitation works were not undertaken at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) as targeted. The works were halted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, I also notice that the marketing initiative projects for the Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) did not utilise over Kshs6 million. At the same time, when the tourism market recovery projects were going on, the Government of Kenya was to give Kshs220 million and the European Union Kshs250 million. The total amount caused by that agreement between the European Economic Commission (EEC-GoK) would cause the tourism sector to revive in 2003 and 2004. Thirdly, there was single-sourcing in the Public Relations (PR) services in that same period to deal with the crisis because we needed to create a good image, particularly in the main source markets - Europe and USA. Over Kshs2.7 million could not be accounted for very well because of that single-sourcing. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just three issues. Public servants are now on performance contracts. The KICC is an autonomous body. It is a State corporation and its employees, the Board, CEO and other employees are on performance contracts. The question of the Goldenberg Commission seeking and being allowed an extension and causing stoppage of the rehabilitation works, obviously, affected the targets of the KICC Board and, by extension, the management. We need, as a nation, to affirm the investments law in public investments and also public-private investments as exemplified in the composition and leadership of State corporations that fall within the tourism sector, the KTB, the Kenya Utalii College, the Kenya Tourism Development Corporation and even the KICC. The targets that are put on employees end up causing---"
}