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    "id": 662882,
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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. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Chairman for the response. However, I have three questions to ask him. First, is he aware that the Public Works Department in Kisumu is very inadequately human resourced? In other words, in terms of supervision of works, there is only one person serving the four counties in the Nyanza Region. That office still relies on the provincial framework for supervision. Therefore, the failure to give certificates of completion at every stage has been one of the causes of the delay of these projects. In that regard, the project that is funded by KEMRI and other donors has suffered because of that. The funds are not delayed because the funders do not want to fund but because the Public Works Department does not provide certificates of completion on time for KEMRI and other funders to continue funding the projects. Therefore, the medical superindent and the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital is very frustrated with the Public Works Department because she has to intercede between the Public Works and the donors regarding the proposed refurbishment works for multi drug- resistant TB block at the hospital. The delay is not just because donors do not give money. They cannot give money if there are no certificates of completion at every stage. I am sure that Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki, who is an engineer, will support me on that. This is something that the Chairman should look at very carefully. It is not just an explanation that the people in Kisumu are giving. Secondly, regarding the proposed Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, that project was started when I was the Minister for Medical Services and it was supposed to be completed on 30th May, 2013. As you know, due to the elections, most Government Ministries, more or less, closed functioning around that time. Since then, although the Chairman said that it is 99 per cent complete, I would like him to ascertain without any doubt that this is the truth because I have been following this particular project carefully. The reason it was not completed on 30th May, 2013 was precisely because the Public Works has not since then been up to date in giving certificates of completion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally, I would like to draw the attention of the Chairman to the first project which is certified as complete. There is a part of the response which says that:- “However, currently, the County Public Works Office is working with the client on request by the contractor on exploring proposal for installation of water heaters to be connected to heat generated by the incinerator.” This question is not an additional part of the project. This was part and parcel of the project because if the description of the project talks about construction and completion of shades and delivery incinerator and that delivery incinerator was connected. They use the incinerator for heating at the same time. 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"
}