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    "id": 654335,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/654335/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Akujah",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2138,
        "legal_name": "Protus Ewesit Akujah",
        "slug": "protus-ewesit-akujah"
    },
    "content": "THAT, Article 201(d) of the Constitution underscores financial probity, accountability and transparency, as cardinal principal management of public resources by providing that public money shall be used in a prudent and responsible way. THAT, the National Irrigation Board (NIB) has been responsible for facilitating irrigation projects with a view to empower communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of the country, including Turkana County. THAT, the allocation and management of funds for irrigation projects in the region by the Board has been characterized by massive impropriety, thereby causing many projects to stall for years. THAT, in other instances, resources have been allocated to non-existent projects, a case in mind being the Katilu Drip Irrigation Project, for which colossal amounts of money were paid to contractors and yet, there is no such project on the ground. THAT, the General Manager has been seriously violating the procurement procedures set out in the Public Finance Management Act and the Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015, when implementing irrigation projects in the county. THAT, efforts by the Petitioners and area legislators to engage the General Manager to address these concerns have been met with defiance, casting possibilities that he could be complicit to the impropriety intended to defraud the Government of public resources and deny residents of the intended benefits from the stalled irrigation projects. THAT, the matter raised in this Petition is not pending before any tribunal or court of law. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that since the issues raised in this Petition touch on imprudent financial investment practices, the National Assembly, through the Public Investments Committee (PIC):- (a) Investigates the activities of the National Irrigation Board (NIB) in Turkana County and, particularly, the conduct of Engineer Daniel K. Barasa, HSC, for his unwillingness to address the alleged financial imprudence, financial impropriety and allocation of resources to non-existent projects; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}