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"content": "committee because of the number and volume of complaints from citizens and contractors, to investigate, inquire into and examine the current pending bills totaling Kshs632, 517,962 that had been disclosed in a revised annual development plan that had been issued by the county executive. They wanted to know the number that constituted the pending bills and who the people were. For the record, the date of this consideration is found at page 226; 21st October, 2015. The date is important to the evaluation of the governor’s conduct in this matter, because immediately after this committee was formed, the county executive, through the governor, quickly formed a task force and gazzeted it, as indicated on page 79. This is an extract of the Kenya Gazette signed by the Acting County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Lands, Infrastructure and Housing. This was done two weeks after the county assembly was seized of the matter and started effectively investigating. This is a knee-jerk reaction. It is a pre-emptive strike; let us run faster than the county assembly, so that they do not uncover what we have not disclosed or come to the full terms of the extent of these malpractices. The terms of reference of this task force are very telling in the matter of irregular procurement. This is a county executive constituting a task force to investigate pending claims. At page 79 (b) the term of the task force is a period of 30 days. The terms of reference of the task force, at (b), were to review the procedures used in awarding and/or engagement of such contractors and suppliers. There are suppliers out there who we do not know how they were engaged. We do not know how they were awarded contracts. So, you set up a taskforce to go and review the procedure. It is an admission that at the point of giving out these contracts and awards, no procurement procedure known in law was applied. 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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