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    "id": 693336,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Charles Njenga",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am so guided. The document I am referring to is in the County Assembly Documents, Volume III. The heading or identity of the document can be seen at Page 386 of the same volume. What I was reading at Page 244 is an extract from this Document. It is the Kenya National Audit Office Report of the Auditor-General on Financial Operations of Nyeri County Executive for the Period; 1st July, 2013, to 30th June, 2014. Page 244 is an extract from that particular Report. In fact, it is at Page 14 of the entire Report and I was reading the last paragraph. If you flip over to the next page which is Page 245, there is a very elaborate narration given by the Auditor-General that another expenditure of Kshs41,340,946 was incurred on renovation of the Governor’s Office. It was not explained why the county government was spending a total of Kshs81,384,118, being Kshs41,340,946 for renovating the Governor’s Office and Kshs29,176,000 for Karsons House. Together and above that, we were also paying Kshs10,866,240 for rent. This amount prudently applied would have been sufficient to construct a modern office block for the county government. There is a recommendation there; to apply prudence. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to refer to Page 253 to further fortify that point that in this matter of Karsons House, there was what I can only call “impunity”. This is because regarding the initial award of tender for the renovations at Page 253 of Volume III of the County Assembly Documents, we have a letter there from the Office of the Governor awarding the tender to refurbish Karsons Photo House to Petlico Agencies for the sum of Kshs14,098,860.40. That is the award sum for that project but from the Auditor-General Report, the county executive, for the same job, used Kshs29 million. This is more than double. How did it jump to this particular number? How did you expand the scope of works or what really happened? These are questions that must be answered. The Senate must ask very hard questions because the probity for use of public funds depends on the determination that we shall make in regard to this matter. On Page 433 in the same volume, there is a table showing how the tenders for this particular works were split into five. That is why we have a specific complaint and ground that there was a violation of the procurement law that prohibits expressly splitting of tenders contrary to Section 30 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. Mr. Speaker, Sir, because of time, I will allow my colleague to highlight on the other few grounds. Thereafter, we shall call our witness just to respond to questions that will arise concerning this document from the Governor’s advocates and also from the Senate. I thank you. 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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