Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 562054,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/562054/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 25,
    "type": "other",
    "speaker_name": "",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": "county level are made and implemented leading to numerous accusations of fraud and impropriety on the part of the County Executive Committee Member for Lands, Physical Planning and Housing. (b) The County Assembly has been unable to exercise oversight on the said County Executive Committee Member for Lands, Physical Planning and Housing, as any attempt to do so has been frustrated by the County Assembly Speaker. (3) Unprocedural conduct of business at the Nakuru County Assembly. The County Assembly has been reduced to the following:- (a) A House of convenience and chaos. Where the Standing Orders are not followed or are amended at will to suit the interest of the Speaker of the assembly. (b) The Speaker has, whenever it suits her, allowed hired thugs and security officers into the Chamber and used force to harass, frustrate and bar those opposed to the Speaker from contributing to or debating Motions where she is the subject of discussion. (4) Contravention of public procurement and Public Finance Management and other laws by the Nakuru County Government and County Assembly. (a) The County Assembly has been operating in contravention of the Public Procurement and Disposal (County Government Regulations 2013) as far as procurement of goods and services for the County Assembly are concerned, leaving the Speaker with a free hand to handpick procurement staff and to singly award contracts for supply of goods and services to the County Assembly. (b) The Nakuru County Government has, contrary to Section 119(2) of the Public Finance Management Act, opened and operates numerous bank accounts with different banks where different revenues streams are banked, thus, making it easy to misappropriate and fail to account for such revenues; (5) Irregular and unprocedural administration of pension schemes for Members of the County Assembly (MCA) and staff of county governments. (a) The MCAs and staff of the county government are deducted contributions towards the Local Authority Provident Fund (LAP) Fund and the County Pension Fund (CPF) previously known as LAPTRUST. A decision that was unilaterally made by the Council of Governors without the involvement of MCAs or the staff of the county government to obtain their views on the matter; (c) The Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) de-registered Local Authorities Pension Trust (LAPTRUST) administration services with effect from 4th September, 2014, over failure by the scheme to comply with directions given by RBA, operating a management structure with conflict of interest and charging administration fees that are more than twice the industry average. This has placed the retirement benefit of members of the scheme in jeopardy. (6) The Plight of Nominated MCAs. The nominated MCAs in Nakuru County Assembly and generally across the country are grossly under-facilitated, partly as a result of guidelines issued by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) on payment of allowances and mileage claims. This has left nominated MCAs unable to work and carry out their representative mandates and also placed them at the mercy of Speakers and other politicians, who either"
}