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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "content": "iii. The Committee noted with concern that despite construction of the project changing over time, the consultants to the project remain the same; even, at the end of the day, the project which was supposed to be 24 floors was done to 15 at the cost of the initial 24 floors despite the fact it took time, over 10 years. iv. The Committee noted with concern that despite the construction of the project changing over time, the consultant of the project remained the same; which mean with the same consultant, then there would not have been this kind of a variation because it was the same consultant who was supervising even the design and all that. v. There is pending litigation between the anchor tenant (Nakumatt) and NSSF that has yet to be resolved. This is the building that houses Nakumatt Lifestyle. There was that problem because when NSSF wanted to proceed with the second phase of the construction which is now almost complete, they had agreements with Nakumatt. Therefore, there was that issue of tenancy agreement in which Nakumatt did not want to move out, so a lot of litigation took place. That is one of the causes of delay that NSSF is claiming. vi. The consultants in the project were paid in advance despite the construction works not being completed. This is one of the observations we saw from the documentation. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the projects which the Committee visited, the summary of the recommendations by the Committee from the above observations are that: A. In the case of the Kenya Ferry Services: The Likoni Cable Car Project. a. There should be value for money for effective implementation and utilization of the project. b. The award process of the project should be open, transparent and fair within the provisions of law. c. Demands provision of information on the background of project proponents including their global undertakings, financial capacity, competency and integrity. B. Likoni Ferry Operations a. The Committee recommended the halting of the defective ferries such as MV Harambee, MV Nyayo and MV Kilindini until funds are available to procure new ferries. The Ministry of Transport should ensure that all future ferry vessels have available spare parts within the market for ease of maintenance. To date, one ferry has been delivered and from the Cabinet Secretary’s report which the Committee received this week, the second one has some litigation issues which is delaying the delivery of the second one. One has been delivered. b. The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of transport and the Managing Director of Kenya Ferry Services to be invited to a meeting of the Committee to provide evidence of action on all the issues that had been raised by the Committee failure of which all ferries would be declared as a disaster and ordered for grounding. c. All operating ferries should have functional ramps in order to prevent a repeat of the incident on 29th September 2019;"
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