County assembly buys wooden chopping boards for 20k

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The Baringo County is on the spotlight following the purchase of wooden meat chopping block for Sh20, 000 according to the report, by the assembly Public Accounts and Investment Committee.

In the report the supplier, Brandhouse Solutions, was paid for goods delivered and issued with receipts  which the committee has disapproved claiming that all payments were supposed to be done through IFMIS.

According to Nominated MCA Saphina Chelagat,  “How can a piece of wood which is not more than Sh2, 000 sell at Sh20,000? This is pure wastage of public resources and those responsible for the purchase should be surcharged the amount in excess of the market price at the time.”

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Majority leader Lawi Kipchumba also expressed dissapointment saying, “There are a lot of shoddy jobs, stalled projects and misappropriation of funds at the assembly. We are calling on Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to come and follow the people who were here before because some items such as a chopping board was procured at a price that would cost a whole tree. Selling us a log of two feet high at such a cost is a joke,”

It also emerged the renovations of the canteen and assembly’s restaurant cost of Sh17 million but that the work was shoddy and not worth the figure indicated.

The last assembly also purchased a washing machine which has never been operational.

There was also delay in the extension of the assembly offices since 2014.

The contract was said to have been awarded to Swift builders and Civil engineering Ltd in November 2014 at a cost of Sh40 million.

The completion date was supposed to be August 2015. However, the company requested an extension to April 2016 but it yet to be completed to date.

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