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    "id": 802030,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "4. That, a list of all pending bills should be provided by the National Treasury and they should be given priority in the 2018/2019 Budget to limit accrual of penalties in various MDAs. 5. That, the Government considers expanding the current leasing framework for motor vehicles for the entire public service as opposed to purchasing vehicles as this is quite expensive, to borrow from the National Police Service. We were assured by the National Treasury that they are, indeed, carrying out an audit of the leasing programme of police vehicles to be able to roll this out in other areas in the Government. 6. That, an audit of Mitihani House, Umma Dam, KIRDI laboratories in South B, the Civil Servants Housing Scheme in Makueni and other major stalled Government projects, including sports stadia across the country, be carried out by the departmental committees in liaison with the MDAs to determine why these projects have taken so long to complete and a report presented to this House. These projects should be prioritised for completion in the medium- term as they have consumed a significant amount of taxpayers’ money and still continue to incur costs without yielding any returns to the people of Kenya who are contributing the taxes. As I mentioned, a case in point is the Umma Dam that has stalled for many years and the Mitihani House in South C which has been under construction for the last 35 years when I was only five years old. 7. That, moving forward, the Government should pursue the public-private partnership (PPP) framework, which has been adopted by the Office of the Auditor-General for designing and construction of the Auditor-General’s headquarters at Upper Hill. Once finalised, this building can also host offices of other ministries, departments and agencies as well as offices of other independent constitutional offices thereby achieving value for money for taxpayers. It is the considered view of the Committee that going forward, this will be the best model for implementing capital projects in construction of buildings by Government agencies other than sinking public funds into constructing buildings that we can achieve through a PPP model. 8. That, the last mile connectivity programme should be intensified to ensure all public institutions are connected to power as well as individual households, with particular mention to those hospitals where equipment under the MES programme cannot be utilised because they are not connected to power. 9. That, a performance audit of the MES equipment be carried out to ensure value for money. 10. That, a performance audit of the Computed Tomography Scan (CT-Scan) project be also carried out to ensure that there is value for money in this project. 11. That, the national Government should improve on policy with regard to agricultural extension services and ensure that all counties are offering these services. 12. That, within the allocation for fertiliser subsidy, Kshs1 billion be ring-fenced for coffee farmers in the country. 13. That, the budgetary allocations for Parliament and that of the Judiciary should be based on a 7.5 per cent annual increase on their Recurrent Budget. Thus, discussions should be held on allocative efficiency and not ceilings and that Development Budget allocation be contested on a need basis. 14. That, the Development Budget should not be subject to deductions during the Supplementary Budget and that this House should not and must not approve any such deductions should they occur during Supplementary Budgets. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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