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    "id": 863029,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/863029/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, the Public Finance Management Act, the International Public Sector Accounting Standards and the International Financial Reporting Standards to come to the conclusion of this report. From the outset, we must highlight institutions and parastatals that had no audit queries. It must be made very clear. These are like the Kenya Power Company, the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology in Africa, the Competition Authority of Kenya, the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority, the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration, the Privatisation Commission and the Kenya Copyright Board. These institutions had no audit queries for the Financial Year 2014/2015 up to 2016/2017. However, there are institutions that have audit queries year in, year out. Whether you change the CEO or the chairman of the board, they still have issues. The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) is one of them and another one is KenGen. Performance of contracted projects, for example, with regard to the project from Lessos to Tororo and the Nairobi Ring Project for KETRACO, the cases are under arbitration for over 10 years. The Government must put its house in order. They must come to a solution. You cannot arbitrate in infinity. There must be timelines. If you look at the GDC, there is the issue of unpaid corporation tax of Ksh724 million. This is unclaimed corporation tax. There is loss of land of the Kenya School of Law in Kilimani area intended for the principal’s residence. The land for a principal’s residence in Kilimani is missing. The DCI, the EACC and the DPP need to pick this Report the moment the House approves it. Do not look for people through text messages. Get Parliament reports. Look at the Kenya School of Law and the National AIDS Control Council advances to constituency AIDS coordinating committees. All that is missing. You know we must fight corruption. We either fight corruption all of us together or you tell us you are massaging. If you read this Report of the PIC - I am sure if you look at the PAC Report, it is the same - there are damning allegations and damning fraud. Serious corruption has taken place and as we speak, people are in office and they cannot account for the resources that they were given on behalf of the people of Kenya. I looked at the NSSF on the Hazina Project. I think the Chinese company asked for billions, but I am happy the Committee has decided that the only amount that can be paid is the one that is based on the valuation by the Ministry of Public Works. The Report talks about Hazina Plaza in Mombasa and the leasing and renovation issues. A number of issues have been raised. There is the issue of irregular disposal of undeveloped land in Mavoko. The title is superimposed bearing the name Mr. Kassim Ramji. How can the NSSF land be owned by an Indian? The PIC Reports are serious. The DCI must pick these people and ask them what is going on. There are also issues of stalled projects like the Hazina Trade Centre and the Nyayo Estate in Embakasi. If you go to the Kenya Railways, you will find something very interesting happening. There is illegal allocation of land to private parties like the three acres in Limuru and the 0.7 acre in Mombasa. Even Radisson Blu Hotel is on land belonging to Kenya Railways Corporation. That is why I wonder when people talk about Weston Hotel. Nearly all the five-star hotels in Nairobi are built on Government land. Why do you only flag out Weston Hotel? The Crowne Plaza Hotel and the Radisson Blu Hotel are on land belonging to Kenya Railways Corporation. Serena Hotel used to belong to some other people. I was told that when I was very young. The Intercontinental Hotel land is hived off from Uhuru Highway. Let us not be selective. Why are you after Weston Hotel? If you want to talk about Weston Hotel, get a hold of the history of Radisson Blu Hotel. 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."
}