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    "id": 932573,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Members prefer to deal with the Senate rather than respond to specific issues that would be raised at the county assembly level; (4) The PAICs did not receive the requisite technical support necessary from the Office of the Auditor-General or the clerks of the various assemblies to carry out their mandate; (5) Most of the projects inspected had no public participation and did not respond to the local needs. One example is in Kwale County, where we went to a village called ‘Nyumba Sita,’ where the county government had put up a project on land belonging to the Kwale Sugar Company. Another project was the Kalamba Fruit Factory in Makueni County; which is a wonderful project that has gobbled up millions of shillings, but it has not been put to its intended use. (6) There was poor project conceptualization, design, budgeting and implementation across counties. This was evidenced by stalling of projects, suspicious contract variations and poor supervision of projects, inadequate budget allocations and abandonment of projects by contractors. An example is in Kwale County, where the Kwale County Headquarters has been under construction for the last four years. The county assembly has also been under construction and it is not complete, yet they are seen to have gone to the limit of the variances allowed under the Public Procurement and Disposal Act (PPDA). (7) We also observed that there are issues to do with royalties, particularly in Kwale County where Titanium is mined. It was reported that the national Government was yet to remit royalties from minerals to county governments, in line with the Mining Act, 2016. (8) We went round a few of the hospitals to see the state of implementation of the Medical Equipment Scheme (MES). It was clear that some counties felt that they had been conned by the national Government to this particular project. I wish to congratulate the Select Committee of the Senate that is considering the issue of the MES, for giving it the prominence that it deserves. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the consideration of Auditor-General’s reports, during the period under review, the Committee held meetings with 15 governors to consider the Auditor-General’s Reports for Financial Years 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 of the respective counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to report that were had a few noteworthy incidences. The governors of Machakos and Makueni counties were invited by the Committee during the sittings of the Senate in Kitui County, but both failed to honour the invitations. Consequently, the Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred on it under Article 125 of the Constitution and section 18 of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act, 2017, issued summons to Hon. Alfred Mutua, the Governor of Machakos County and Hon. Kivutha Kibwana, the Governor of Makueni County. The summons required them to appear before the Committee on Monday, 30th September, 2019 and on 1st October, 2019, respectively. The meetings were scheduled in the precincts of the respective county assemblies. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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