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    "content": "commenced its inquiry into the implementation of the Tourism Fund Ronald Ngala Utalii College Project in Kilifi County on 31st March 2016 and tabled its findings on 24th May 2017. In conducting the inquiry, the Committee had several sittings in which it closely received oral and written submissions and examined evidence from the following witnesses: 1) Mr. Allan Chenane, the former CEO of Tourism Fund. 2) Mr. Joseph Cherutoi, the CEO of Tourism Fund. 3) Former members of the Tourism Tender Committee. 4) The current board of trustees. 5) Former board of trustees. 6) Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed, the former Principle Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Tourism. 7) Mr. Najib Balala, the current Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Tourism. 8) Senator Dan Mwazo, former Minister for Tourism. 9) Ambassador Ruth Solitei, former PS in the Ministry of Tourism. 10) Ms. Phillis Kandie, former CS in the Ministry of Tourism and the current CS for the East African Community, Labour and Social Protection. 11) Mr. Mulji Devraj and Brothers project contractor. 12) Baseline Architects consortium of consultants for the Ronald Ngala Utalii College Project. 13) Mr. Morris Juma, the Director of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). 14) Mr. Henry Rotich, the CS of the National Treasury. The Committee also undertook a site visit on the project on 20th August 2016 to apprise itself on the progress made in the implementation of the project. We wish to draw the attention of the Members to the Tourism Act, 2011, which established the Tourism Fund. It actually commenced on 1st September 2012. The Fund replaced the defunct Catering and Tourism Development Levy Trustees (CTDLT) and established the Tourism Fund, pursuant to Section 66 of the Tourism Act of 2011. The Fund is mandated to achieve the following objectives: (i) Development of tourism products and its services. (ii) Marketing of Kenya as a tourism destination through the Tourism Board. (iii) Undertaking tourism research, tourism intelligence and national tourism information management system. (iv) Coordinating activities of the tourism sector and the tourism sector safety, communication and crisis management centre to be established and managed by the ministry. (v) Coordinating training and capacity development activities. (vi) Mobilisation of resources for support of tourism related activities. The Fund is managed by a board of trustees. From the oral and written submissions, the Committee heard the following on this particular project: 1) The first Cabinet Memorandum which dates back to 1st February 1996 was not properly implemented. 2) The second Cabinet resolution dates back to 13th September 2007. 3) In the period preceding this particular Cabinet Memorandum of 2007, the Ministry of Tourism in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Works had developed the initial concept paper and design works of the college. As per the concept paper, the project should have constituted the following: 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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