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    "id": 737703,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyongesa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Nyongesa Otuoma",
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    "content": "Thank you, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Report. I have to first of all say that as a Member of a watchdog Committee, the Public Investments Committee (PIC) that complements or supplements some of the other work that PAC does, I have been taken aback. I am a former Minister who was in charge of the NYS. We have a vision for the youth empowerment programme, through the NYS, in collaboration with other development partners and during my tenure, we signed a contract with the Chinese Government of over Kshs5 billion to bring in equipment that could be used by the youth of this country to create opportunities as they do their nation-building duty. It is so disappointing, even flabbergasting, to see that the noble policies and ideas that we came up with were hijacked by this monster called corruption, to kill the dreams of our youth and the development agenda of this country. The NYS programme was not just meant to create employment or opportunities for the youth, but it was also to transform them into productive citizens. In the process of doing that, they were supposed to produce food that was going to form part of the basis of food security in this country. We can see from the Report that the whole programme was hijacked by cartels of corruption and redirected. This was a noble programme that was meant to help the country to meet self-sufficiency in food and reduce unemployment among the youth. The whole programme was hijacked by the very same people who were supposed to be custodians of the public as public servants or Minsters of a Government that had been voted in to help alleviate the suffering or problems that Kenyans were going through. A Government system comes up with a conspiracy to do nothing, but to steal from the public. I am surprised that one Anne Waiguru, whether she did it directly or not, all these things happened under her watch. In the Constitution of Kenya,2010, we have a chapter that talks about how public servants or State officers should behave. But if you look at the recommendations in this Report, it is very surprising that somebody who watched over the NYS collapsing and the dreams of many young people going down the drain is today being rewarded, a few months later, with another responsibility, to go and do more or less the same. They say it is very difficult to teach old dogs new tricks. The tricks that were used at the NYS, I believe, will be the same tricks these people will employ. One Anne Waiguru came from none other sector than the civil service. She even circumvented the normal standard operating procedures of the Government by appointing officers in positions that did not exist. As far as I am concerned, we passed a law which provides that the Accounting Officer of the NYS is the Director-General. Before that, it used to be a just a director, but we amended the law to make him a D-G, with enhanced responsibilities. I am surprised that my friend, Mr Githinji, was circumvented in his role. Somebody was brought in the name of Harakhe and a position was created for him. This person was given the responsibility of an Accounting Officer to be an AIE holder. Then he comes and wants to hoodwink the whole country that somebody stole his IFMIS password and started transacting 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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