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"content": "I implore you, I implore you, hon. Members, to stop dragging your feet on this Bill, unless my friends, there is a conflict of interest in the passing of the Conflict of Interest Legislation."
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"content": "Similarly, the National Treasury has been dragging its feet in the implementation of an e-Procurement system for the last 10 years. Today, I have directed the National Treasury to roll out the e-procurement system by the end of the first quarter of 2025, and ensure that going forward, only procurement undertaken through this system is sanctioned and paid for. Of the many difficult assignments I have undertaken, the fight against corruption is one I now take on with resolve, going forward. Let this serve as notice to all. Independent institutions charged with this responsibility must up their game, pull up their socks and match up to the expectations of the people of Kenya. Hon. Members, I have stated in the past and now reiterate today that in the face of undisputed evidence or credible information on corruption, I will not hesitate to take decisive action. Accordingly, I now direct in furtherance of the principles enshrined in Article 10 of the Constitution on transparency and accountability, and based on new information provided by investigative agencies and partner nations, that the procuring agencies within the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, immediately cancel the ongoing procurement process for the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) expansion public-private partnership transaction. Let me let me repeat this for clarity."
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"content": "I have said, because of the information that has been provided to us by partner nations, I have directed agencies within the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to immediately cancel the ongoing procurement process for the JKIA expansion public-private partnership transaction as well as the recently concluded Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO) transmission in public- private partnership transaction, and immediately commence the process of onboarding alternative partners because these are important projects."
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Hon. Members, the work of taking our nation forward is our collective responsibility as citizens. For this reason, we value the contribution of all, whether they come in the form of support or encouragement, suggestion or proposal, criticism or protest. I believe that the most powerful component of leadership is listening and learning. Therefore, I engage with you and listen to all citizens, their elected leaders, public officers, administrators, teachers and other professionals, learners and the youth, farmers, fisher folk, pastoralists, traders, craftsmen, artisans, nurses, doctors, community health promoters and workers across all types of sectors in every sector. I listen too to religious leaders, the civil society, industrialists, entrepreneurs and professionals. Their contributions and everyone else's have my full attention and commitment to respond through positive affirmative action that takes the national transformation endeavour forward. I commit to continue listening and acting to engage, debate, deliberate with you and to take your input into consideration in serving our nation. By design, the bottom-up economic transformation agenda is defined by its capacity to elicit feedback in the course of implementation and incorporate the same in making improvements and further progress. With every input from stakeholders, our ability to drive progress increases. By listening to you and to every Kenyan, I am able to serve this nation better. As we take part in this necessary discourse, I want to make one thing clear. That I am fully invested in the success of the strategies, policies, programmes and projects under our plan. For this reason, I am committed to do all it takes and work with every willing Kenyan until we succeed because failure is not an option. Given the challenges our nation has faced, it has become clear, Hon. Members, that overcoming these obstacles requires the collective energy, wisdom, ideas and goodwill of Kenyans of all political, cultural persuasions, religious beliefs and walks of life. The wisdom of entrenching national unity and inclusivity as a national value in our constitution is clearly evident. Our diversity is our source of power and this moment in the history of our nation calls for radical collaboration to transcend our challenges. We do not have the luxury of magnifying our differences. It is time for all of us to pull together and usher the nation into the future of our dreams. With this in mind, I initiated extensive consultations with leaders from across all divides, public and private. Through these engagements, we resolved to re-imagine unity and inclusivity and harness the full potential of our nation through bipartisanship, which culminated in the formation of the broad-based Cabinet. The imperative to accommodate the contribution of leaders across the aisle inspired us to constitute the broad-based government, a partnership based on shared purpose and premise on a commitment to bring our national values into action to turbo-charge the implementation of the transformation of our nation. Being a farmer, transformation is like farming. A lot of resources are invested in ploughing the land and planting the seeds, after which there is nothing to see for all the work, except stretches of bare earth. Impatience might lead to anxiety and lamentation of the waste of effort in seed buried in the earth. However, after a brief wait, seedlings sprout, requiring close attention, weeding and patient tending into the crop that will be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "ready for harvest. So is economic transformation; it requires hard work, investment of resources, patience and faith. We have planted the seed and all over the field it is beginning to sprout. While, admittedly, there remains much to fulfill, our collective hope to deliver the national economic transformation that this nation so dearly deserves, is on course. I am proud to declare that we have also made undeniable progress in building on the strong foundation laid in previous years and getting the national development project off the ground. Hon. Members, from the reports that I have the honour to table for your consideration and debate, there is reason to be optimistic that our forward march is unstoppable, and that our capacity and commitment to live and work by our national values and principles of governance are stronger than ever before. Our nation is a proud member of the international community, making our contributions to the global progress boldly and with great determination. We stand collectively facing the dawn with confidence that our expectations of a bright daylight are not in vain. In summary, Hon. Members and all fellow citizens, the state of our nation is resilient. Hon. Speakers, it is my pleasure to submit to Parliament the following three reports as required by the Constitution- (1) Report on all measures taken and progress achieved in the realization of national values. (2) Report on progress made in fulfilling the international obligations of the Republic of Kenya. (3) Report on the state of our security. Now therefore, I hand over the Reports to the Speaker of the Senate and to the Speaker of the National Assembly. Thank you all. God bless you and God bless Kenya."
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