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    "id": 509529,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/509529/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
        "slug": "ababu-namwamba"
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    "content": "The second issue relates to State House. It is in respect of a stalled construction project and what the Committee considers to have been irregular payments and conversion of use of that particular project. The third issue relates to the Judiciary. In respect of the Judiciary, the Committee notes that serious audit queries were raised regarding expenditure in the Judiciary amounting to over Kshs2 billion; but the Committee wishes to inform this House that this matter is a subject of a special audit. The Auditor-General has already done a forensic special audit for the Committee. The Committee has already interrogated that forensic audit and the Committee will be presenting to this House a special report on that expenditure by the Judiciary. The fourth one touches on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC); it touches on irregular procurement of election materials which included the biometric voter registration (BVR) kits for Kshs6.4 billion, electronic voter identification devices at Kshs1.3 billion; universal polling kits at Kshs1.53 billion and electronic results transmission system for Kshs25.8 million. The audit finding indicates that the IEBC did not have an approved procurement plan for the year, and the transactions invariably flouted the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. Given the special and sensitive nature of the IEBC, this matter has also been made a subject of a special inquiry jointly undertaken by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO). This inquiry is also ongoing. The fifth issue touches on the CDF. Again the Committee has taken note of issues raised on CDF; in this respect, attention is drawn to activities in the following constituencies: Tigania East, Mutitu and Chepalungu. There are also issues touching on the Ministry of Roads and the Ministry of Medical Services. Those are the big issues in the financial year 2012/2013. Allow me, hon. Speaker, because of the enormity of this confidential expenditure, to just mention the rest of big issues---"
}