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    "id": 859014,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": "of the Committee for their commitment and sacrifice in ensuring that this Report was made despite their tight schedules. I have no doubt that they have executed their mandate diligently without fear or favour. This was not an easy task. We held 91 sittings to deal with various State corporations, to do triangulation of information, make field visits and ensure that an accurate Report was compiled. A good number of the Committee Members including me happen to be new Members. We had a lot of passion in ensuring that a credible Report was compiled and of course, in the process we learnt. This Committee was guided, as well raised by the Chairperson, by Standing Order No.206 (6) which clearly stipulates the function of the Public Investments Committee. Of course, in execution of our mandate we have also continuously referred to the Constitution of Kenya, the National Assembly Powers and Privilege Act (Cap. 6), the State Corporations Act (Cap. 446), the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 and 2015 and the Public Audit Act, 2003 and 2015. I think the Chair was clear and he has elaborately summarised the Report. I also want to join him in raising issues that were cross-cutting along a number of State corporations. Some of these included, of course, the issue of implementation of the Committees’ recommendations. It is unfortunate that PIC makes a number of recommendations, however, implementation is either not done or slow. Just to give an example of this, you will find that three of the previous PIC Reports recommended that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) investigates the manner in which the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) multi-storey car park project was implemented. However, this was not done and a number of similar issues still exist. This clearly shows you that there are gaps with regard to implementation of the recommendations of PIC. I am congisant of the fact that Standing Order No.183 clearly states that Select Committees can establish sub-committees that they may consider necessary for proper discharge of their functions. We recommend that it is necessary for us to establish a sub-committee on implementation that will directly liaise with the Committee on Implementation with regard to follow-up of this Report. I have no doubt the Committee on Implementation is doing good work. However, implementing reports from the different Committees of this House is not an easy task. Hence, there is need to have sub-committees which will liaise with them in following-up reports for implementation. That said, it is also important to mention that the sub-committee is conversant with the Report and hence it will be easy to support the Committee on Implementation in ensuring that the same is carried out. You will find a country like India, with its two Houses, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, have a sub-committee in each of their committees that directly deal with implementation issues. The basis is that those who have carried out that exercise are really conversant with their deliberations and hence follow-up for implementation is easy. I strongly recommend that the House approves the creation of these sub-committees to liaise with the Committee on Implementation. The Chair has also very well raised that there is lack of ownership documents on land and buildings. A number of State corporations like the NSSF have no ownership papers of land in Mavoko and Upper Hill. The Kenya School of Law (KSL), the National Council for Population and Development (NCPD) and the Kenya Railways also lack ownership documents. The National Land Commission (NLC) is very slow in ensuring that land-related issues are resolved. 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."
}