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    "id": 969333,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dr. James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have really waited. People have come and spoken twice to three times and you have noticed. I rise to support this. This is a tragic Report. If you look at what happened, this Report generally indicates laxity in the Public Service. People are not doing what they are employed to do. All you see are indications of corruption. People have questioned the people who are given contracts on what they were doing. People get contracts basically not to implement plans but actually to be awarded contracts, maybe, as friends or whatever process they follow and basically to make money. The list that is here is sad. This is because it touches on every aspect of operations, maintenance, safety, management and funding. There is no single area in the operations of the ferry services that actually is not mentioned. If you look at the comments of the Committee’s observations, some you do not even want to believe. The first five observations are unbelievable. The prows on most ferries were not functional. At the time of the Committee’s inspection, the prows on MV Harambee were badly damaged. That is not a vehicle that should be on the sea. Safety procedures for the vessel require that the chain runs across, but there was none. I do not think that is the absence of a chain. It is just that somebody was not doing what he is supposed to do. The ferry was overloaded. That again is just laxity in the work that people are supposed to do. The passengers are supposed to be outside their vehicles. Those of us who have travelled to these places will find that, that is not observed. In some cases, there is even evidence of almost criminal negligence for which people should actually be prosecuted. Some people signed off the ferry as having been inspected without looking at the ferry; that they had information that was passed to them by somebody else. In the technical world, you never do that. You cannot sign an important matter like this on the basis of hearsay. You did not see anything. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the budgeting, there has been a complaint that these people have not been getting adequate funding for a long time. To me, I do not want to spend time. This Report is not only about the ferry services, but a document that can be used to look at all our services particularly technical services. You will find exactly the same problems everywhere. Even the regulator does not escape blame."
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