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    "id": 911742,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13206,
        "legal_name": "Boniface Mutinda Kabaka",
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    "content": "liable for any loss arising from that use and shall make good the loss, whether the person remains the holder of the office or not.” In other words, governors should not escape from the dragnet of the law. Even if they left office, they should be followed, even if they invested stolen funds at the end of the world. I have some of the Auditor-General’s reports for the FY 2017/2018. I have extracted some excerpts which clearly show mammoth loss of millions of shillings from the taxpayers. For example, Machakos County Government awarded a contract amounting to Kshs11 million for construction of a microwave shredder house to safeguard machines from vagaries of weather. Despite the projects stalling, a whopping Kshs4.9 million was paid to the contractor. The payments were never supported by any documents or even the completion certificate. That is sad! Baringo County Government paid a sum of Kshs16 million to a contractor who abandoned the stalled Kabarnet Stadium. That is another aspect where the county lost a lot of money. The county also lost about Kshs18.4 million for construction of Barwessa Slaughterhouse in Baringo North Sub-County. Nandi County – I am happy the Senator for Nandi County spoke before me – also lost Kshs21 million on a project whose total value ought to have been Kshs97 million. The variation caused loss of funds to the said county. We also have Homa Bay County. In 2015, Homa Bay County Government entered into a deal for construction of Kadongo-Gedia Road to bitumen standards at a cost of Kshs687 million. Three companies were contracted and paid a lot of money. One of them known as Nairobi Logistics & Construction Company Limited was paid Kshs240 million. Another one known as Bridgestone was paid Kshs 207 million and another one known as Pepeta Holdings Company Limited was paid Kshs239.3 million. This is loss of money. Madam Temporary Speaker, even your county which is Kajiado lost money. The Auditor-General reported that the County Government of Kajiado entered into a contract of Kshs198 million for construction of a modern sports complex in Ngong Town. So far, Kshs37 million has been paid for the project but no works have been done at the sports complex since 2016. That is money that got lost. Samburu County Government, which is always in trouble, paid about 96 per cent of the contract sum which is equivalent to Kshs256 million for construction of the County Government’s office block yet the contractor abandoned the site leaving it incomplete. In Kiambu County, the construction of Kikuyu Level 4 Hospital in Thogoto stalled and it cost Kshs211 million. The construction of Thogoto-Ndeiya Road also stalled after they had paid Kshs181 million. The construction of Kimbo-Matangini Road cost Kshs170 million and also stalled. In Limuru, we have the hawkers market which cost Kshs14 million and the Community Hall in Kiambu town also stalled when they had paid Kshs14 million. Rehabilitation of Kanjahi Road cost Kshs145 million and the refurbishment of Gikambura and Ruiru football stadium cost Kshs38 million. All that money was paid but the projects have not been completed. In Kitui County, where Sen. Wambua comes from, they paid Kshs20 million for the construction of a mortuary at Mwingi Level 5 Hospital. The contractor received the funds but abandoned the mortuary before fixing the windows. They say that dead people"
}