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    "id": 454029,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will notice that I will be referring to both Reports concurrently as I present both. In preparing these two Reports, the then PAC held 74 sittings for purposes of the accounts for Financial Year 2008/2009 and a total of 66 sittings for purposes of the accounts for Financial Year 2009/2010, which brings this to a total of 140 sittings for purposes of the two Reports. During the review, the Committee interrogated Accounting Officers on audit queries raised by the Auditor-General. The Committee also did, as is tradition, meet the Big Five, namely; the Attorney- General, the Head of the Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet; the Permanent Secretaries, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of State for Public Service; and the Auditor-General to discuss cross-cutting issues amongst Ministries and Departments as the issues identified were the same as previously discussed with them in respect of accounts for the previous financial years. All minutes of the Committee’s sittings on evidence taken are attached to both Reports. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, during its sessions, the Committee took both oral and documentary evidence. It also made fact finding tours, where necessary, to collect additional evidence. The fact finding tours, for purposes of the latest Report, which is on the accounts of the Financial Year 2009/2010, were made to a project for the construction of the official residence of the Vice-President of the Republic of Kenya in Karen, Nairobi; a project which has since been completed and put to use. The Committee also visited a project for the upgrading of facilities at Othaya Sub-district Hospital in Othaya, Nyeri. That was for the accounts of the Financial Year 2009/2010. For the previous financial year, 2008/2009, the Committee visited three projects as follows:- (i) a project for construction of police posts by the former Office of the President and Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, in Nakuru area; (ii) various stalled and ongoing projects at the Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) in Nakuru by the former Ministry of Industrialisation; and, (iii) land purchase by the former Ministry of Information and Communications for implementation of various Vision 2030 projects, which include ICT, Science, Industrial and SME parks at Konza in Machakos, popularly known as the “Konza City Project”."
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