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    "id": 1010448,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipkelion West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hilary Kosgei",
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        "legal_name": "Hilary Kiplang'at Kosgei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion in its amended version. You must be aware that, at one point, I brought a Question that the Report on this Committee is going to cure. To begin with, KEBS is a very important institution in this country. For every product that is imported and consumed by Kenyans, we must have credible firms that are going to inspect those products so that the Kenyan people can be safe all the time. When a Report of PIC like this comes up with evidence that some companies did not have technological and infrastructural capabilities to do this works, you can only understand the fears of the Committee in pushing even that the EACC should report back to this House in 60 days. This is because as Hon. Duale alluded to, the EACC can take a year. It can take the entire term of this Parliament without bringing it. But, because of the seriousness of this matter, the Committee felt that it is important they put that rider so that progress in this thing begins. I think it was in good faith. More than that, the Auditor-General’s Report is enough proof that there were wrongs, and things that KEBS deliberately overlooked in the process of that tender. In the process of an ongoing tender, they went ahead to actually float another illegal tender for the said companies that were proposed to be debarred by the Auditor-General and went ahead to award them. There is a lot of worry in this House. If we do not reign in on this, this country is not going to get it right in terms of even the fake goods that come in. We need to support KEBS so that we are no longer going to get fake phones and products coming into this country by engaging credible companies to take charge of the lives of the people of Kenya. The PIC Report is straight forward. Attempting to go against it is actually proving that you are part and parcel of the cartels that are bringing down this country. In the interest of fighting corruption, let us support the PIC Report. I rest my case. I support this Report in its amended version."
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