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    "id": 823034,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Masaba, NAPK",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ezekiel Ombaki",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": "been entered into for two years from 1st January 2018, was not offering quality medical cover services and something needed to be done. Some facilities within Parliament are not accessible to persons with disabilities and hence the buildings do not comply with the requirements of the Persons with Disabilities Act No.14 of 2003. There are broken down pieces of furniture and motor vehicles that are lying in exit areas hence causing a disaster and wastage in value. The Commission has not set up a lactating mothers’ station for those of us who require that facility. The allowances given to us such as mileage, car grant and mortgage, including the other one that we do not want to mention, do not take cognisance of the prevailing market rates. The other one I do not want to mention is that all State officers access house allowance. Only MPs are excluded from this. The lack of a specific budget for the Catering Unit might be a cause for the delay in the repairs and upgrading of the infrastructure in the Catering Unit. Procurements of consumables at the Catering Unit are singly made by the Catering Manager and this process is difficult in determining how the Manager awards tenders to the service providers in the prequalified list and whether there is compliance with the list. The Catering Fund has not been audited for the last 12 years and raises the issue of value for money and the inability to determine whether we are able to make a profit or loss in any given year. The majority of staff in the Catering Unit do not possess the requisite skills in catering and general hospitality. There is urgent need to install a catering integrated management system to enhance internal controls in the Catering Unit so that we can improve effectiveness and efficiency in that particular Department."
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