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    "id": 1003616,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to support that Statement. As a Kenyan who serves in all different capacities, also as a businessman, I find it a little bit confusing and disturbing that all public institutions which are run like businesses can never be managed effectively. When you commit that Statement to a Committee, I would like the Committee to go to the extent of analyzing the financial status of those companies and making sure that at least somebody is held accountable. When I hear my good friend Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo- Ayacko asking how much money has been set aside by the Government to pay those employees, it begs a lot of questions. Why is it that the Government has always got to set aside money to pay publicly run enterprises which buy and sell? They get money and they sell! When you go to a supermarket you will find sugar which people consume that comes from these public mills. I think the issue here is that we depend so much on the Government. We push the Government to a great extent, yet the people who are appointed to run those institutions are the ones who are causing problems to the public. Madam Deputy Speaker, although I support this Statement, it should be changed to holding those people accountable. It does not matter how long those people who will be investigating will go back, to ensure that if a company is run and it is given money by the Government why is it that every time when it is being rescued, more money has got to be set aside? I do not think the Government should be setting any money aside. We should follow those individuals who run down those companies. 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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