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    "id": 641085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/641085/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "March 1st 2016 SENATE DEBATES 3 Sen. Munyes",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just summarizing part of the bigger script so that we capture everything. The United Nations (UN) gave us the office in Lokichogio after the United Nations/Operation Lifeline Sudan (UN/OLS) closed down. It is a nice big office. However, the county government is spending Kshs38 million and will allocate another Kshs20 million this financial year for the renovations of those office. They are doing the same renovations that were done by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). That is another corruption scandal that we know of. We need the County Government of Turkana investigated on emergency operations. They have not yet established the fund, but they have gone ahead to spent Kshs800 million. There is a maize scandal in Turkana County where the price of maize per bag according to the county is Kshs2,800 yet the market price in Lodwar Town is Kshs1,200. The county government bought 2,000 displacement kits at cost of Kshs89 million. If you work that out, one kit of sufurias, vijikos and other things could be Kshs4,000 or Kshs5,000. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to investigate non-existent projects. For example, Kibish Dispensary, Nadome Road where people were massacred the other day and we witnessed Kshs30 million to Kshs50 million spent “just like that”. There are also scandals on the water provision where few boreholes have been sunk. What they did was that they put billions of shillings in drilling of boreholes yet when you count them, they are less than 100. What the county government does is sink boreholes and use money from the next financial year to equip it. Why do they start the project anyway instead of having someone to sink it and another person to equip it? They are dividing the tenders. That is why Turkana County has not succeeded in getting enough water. That is the reason Turkanas and our friends, the Pokot are all over in Uganda begging for water and pasture. It is because we cannot provide for them. The county governor has built his hotel close to the only aquifer we discovered along the Turkwel River. The hotel has a big water system. We are not getting water yet the governor has the guts to access the aquifer before the people of Turkana have accessed it. His hotel is called the Cradle Hotel. Construction of eco-lodges is not a priority in Turkana. However, Turkana County has spent Kshs300 million just to do walls before they have commenced construction. Today, Turkana County will be shown on national television as a bribery- free zone. The governor has gone ahead to talk to Nation Media Group and is already engaging with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) auditors. However, the people of Turkana cannot see the value of Kshs40 billion. They are starving because of all the scandals we see all over. I want to address myself to matters of employment. On this, I will get the support of the House because already the matter was investigated by the County Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The PAC discovered that the way they employed some people, especially the key executives, was mainly on nepotism. The officers employed in the finance department did not fit the job description. They did not have the necessary 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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