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    "id": 518538,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to lay before the House a Petition made to the Senate by Kisumu County leaders and residents on corruption and gross mismanagement by the Kisumu County Government. Let me read the Petition as abridged. We, the under-signed, members of the County Assembly of Kisumu, representing Chemilil Ward in Muhoroni sub-county, East Seme Ward in Seme sub-county and Central Nyakach Ward in Nyakach sub-county of Kisumu County, wish to draw the attention of the Senate to the following:- (i) That Kisumu County is heaving under a lot of issues that weigh on the capability of the county to realize any meaningful growth, ranging from corruption, abuse of office, gross mismanagement and neglect of duty. (ii) That recruitment and employment of persons to key positions in the county is riddled with nepotism and clanism. (iii) That the County Government of Kisumu, through the County Public Service Board, advertised and interviewed for ten vacant positions for chief offices, the county assembly vetted and cleared only four persons but the governor went ahead and appointed 14 chief officers without following the due process. (iv) That there is inordinate delay in filling vacancies in crucial dockets such as county secretary and county finance officer, thus hindering service delivery. (v) That the Governor has failed to constitute the City Management Board as required by the Urban Areas and Cities Act and has gone ahead to appoint the city manager without due process and that the city manager, in the absence of the city management board, has no person to oversight his or her activities. (vi) That the county government presided over a flawed tendering process which does not adhere to the requirement of the Public Procurement And Disposal Act such as renovating the 9th Floor of Prosperity House to be used by the governor, the deputy governor and the county secretary and procurement of motor vehicles from CMC. (vii) That the county government set aside the development vote for the year 2013/2014 budget and instead requested for more development funds in the supplementary budget of 2013. There have also been several cases of irregular budget re- allocations. (viii) That the county budget and economic forum whose main responsibility is to play a consultative role in the budget-making process, has met only once since it was established, in breach of Section 137 of the Public Finance Management Act. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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