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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. First, I want to say that this Report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a good piece of literature. I am saying it is a good piece of literature in the sense that Kenyans who have suffered the wrath of that wanton theft have not found an answer in this Report. Kenyans who continue to wallow in poverty have not found an answer in this Report. I cannot blame the Committee because it has limited capacity to unearth the kind of theft that was going on at NYS. What Kenyans would have wanted to see is a situation where the real thieves are pinpointed. That so and so was the mastermind, so and so stole this and, therefore, we recommend that such and such action be taken against them. What we have seen is a prevarication, of course, given the circumstances. If this House can remember, sometimes in 2015, I raised an issue through the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. The then Cabinet Secretary, Ms. Anne Waiguru, was summoned before that said Committee to explain the matter of the theft then. You will recall that Anne Waiguru came accompanied by people I would call goons and I was unable to prosecute my case before the Committee. You will recall that when the initial Kshs800 million or so theft was first highlighted, Anne Waiguru claimed that there was no theft, there was no loss, there was attempted theft and she had blown the whistle. Along the way, Kshs790 million mutated into figures you cannot even imagine. You will also recall that, at that very initial stage, the attempts to cover up that wanton theft was made by none other than operatives at State House. I remember vividly a Statement being issued by the State House Spokesperson exonerating Anne Waiguru and claiming that there was no theft, and that there was simply an attempted theft which they had nipped in the bud. Therefore, I want to agree with my colleagues who have spoken that this was a well-orchestrated scheme to rip off taxpayer’s money for the benefit of a few well connected individuals. I may be forgiven to say that the NYS scandal is only comparable to the Goldenberg Scandal in magnitude and method of execution. I also want to say that, that kind of theft that happened before our own eyes could not have happened if the perpetrators were not assured of the fullest protection ever. You will recall that the NYS Department was lumped together with other departments in the then grand ministry known as Devolution and Planning, a ministry which we can now say with authority was created 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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