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    "id": 1020495,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "on important areas in the nation. I will be quick to give an example of Kenya Railways because it touches on lives of many people and the interests are wide and far. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would specifically want to speak on land because these State corporations have a lot of land and as it has been indicated, some of that land does not have title deeds. This has become a conduit for those who are corrupt within Government to take that land away. That is why positions in State corporation leadership become tribalised. Sometimes those in leadership act for a very long time because of interest. The faster we adopt and act on this Report, the better. So that when we are dealing with a State corporation, you also value the land it has. Currently, you will hear: ‘we want to privatise.’ Yes, I will support that but are you privatising including the value of the land that these State corporations have? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Mitihani House has been built for all the years. The estimate cost was supposed to have been Kshs200 million only. Tonight, as we speak, Mitihani House has taken about Ksh1.8 billion and has not been completed. Each time there is an aspect of finishing Mitihani House, the matter is taken to court. I am happy that the Report brings out the relationship between the court cases and the State corporations. Those cases are an avenue of fleecing more and more of the monies through the State corporations. Because my time is out, I want to state that this is a very good Report and I fully support it. Thank you for giving me this chance."
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