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    "id": 683835,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/683835/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I want to cite a few examples as I contribute to this Report. The Ministry of Planning and Devolution is the most affected with corruption. It is a great shame that an Accounting Officer who was allocated over Kshs100 billion could only account for about Kshs8 billion. The remainder of the funds allocated to that ministry remains unaccounted for. Some of the perpetrators of such vices are walking freely out there. That is why, sometimes, we feel that there is no seriousness in fighting corruption in this country. Those people should be behind bars. The Accounting Officers in the Ministry of Planning and Devolution, who were involved in misappropriation of public funds, and who shamelessly bought one pen for over Kshs8,700, in addition to incurring other ridiculous expenditures, should be behind bars. Unfortunately, those people continue to enjoy their liberty while some Kenyans who have been accused of stealing a mango because they were hungry, have since been jailed for several months, if not years. That is the irony of corruption in Kenya. The issue of unapproved expenditures is becoming common. You find that a project which was tendered for Kshs1 billion midway through, changes to Kshs2 billion. By the time of its completion, the costs get to Ksh5 billion. If you look at the project and what has been done, you find nothing of significance that has changed the scope of works. Even where the scope of work changes, there is a law that applies to say that beyond certain amount of changes of the scope of work and amounts, there must be an approval level that is required. We have seen Accounting Officers shamelessly inflating projects, and it is all in this Report."
}