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    "id": 721794,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisoi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Manthi Kisoi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of this Report. Foremost, I want to thank the Committee for the kind of work they have done. It is quite exhaustive. They have submitted to this House very factual details pertaining to transactions of the Tassia II Project. But quite fundamentally, procurement process issues have been raised and there seems to be no integrity at all. The process was seemingly flawed, illegal, unprocedural and no prudent management practices were adhered to when this full exercise was done. This raises the issue that we have certain officers in this country who execute their mandate with a lot of impunity, that they do not follow the laid down procedures and the legal processes that are required in law. That is how the public or Kenya bleeds through corruption. There are people who think that they have the capacity to do what they want and get away with it. I thank the Committee for recommending that certain stern measures be taken against the officers who undertook this exercise with a lot of impunity without the due process of the law. It is quite interesting to know that there was quite a lot of insider trading in terms of what was happening in this project. Someone wonders how such a transaction could be conducted through emails that were circulated in the manner they were executed, signed and transferred from one person to another. This raises concerns into the seriousness of the actions the Bboard took to safeguard workers’ money. As my colleague has pointed out, the issue of cash transactions raises a lot of serious concerns. Did Kenyans get value for what they wanted to achieve? The recommendation that the EACC should move in and properly investigate this matter should not be taken for granted. It must be followed to the letter to ensure that the culprits are brought to book. The huge transactions and the manner in which this project was undertaken raise serious concerns. If this country is serious with undertaking projects that have value for money, that will have benefits for Kenyans and there will be return on the investments, the law must be followed. I thank the Committee. When you look at the kind of issues that came up, one would really ask why they did not involve the CS for the National Treasury. The law elaborately 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."
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