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    "id": 1021266,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "I want to support this Report by saying that one of the other things among many things that Members have said, I think Mr. Nassir should encourage Parliament to resume sittings in Mombasa for the retreats. Not for anything else but to rejuvenate the economy of Mombasa. I have heard Members speak to the issues of procurement and the Office of the Auditor General. There are 10 recommendations that have been made by this Committee under the leadership of Mhe. Nassir. They are good recommendations. There is need for the parastatals to ensure that land under them or they own is registered in their names to avoid encroachment. There is need to ensure that procurement processes are being followed properly. There is a new area that is being used by these parastatals, and I believe also by the county governments, to fleece the public of their resources. That is in fencing. I see a lot of fencing of public facilities. It is good because in so doing you are indicating ownership. But when you undertake fencing on land that is already disputed, land that is in court, you are awarding contracts certainly with a mind that they will not be done and you again expose yourself to loss of money. Perhaps deliberately and other times not so. I think it is important they pay attention to that. The issue of delaying appointment of accounting officers to even beyond two years is again another unacceptable behaviour by these parastatals. Let me also say what I think the Committee can, going forward, improve their Reports. They have very good recommendations and all these offices have human faces. For those who failed to do what was expected of them by the specific Acts, the Constitution, the Leadership and Integrity Act and by the Mwongozo document, the Committee should go to the point of mentioning those names in the Report. The fear of a public officer being mentioned adversely in a parliamentary document will certainly move them to do what is already expected or implementing what has already been called upon by these Reports. But mentioning the parastatals without bringing the name of the officer who failed to do that specific exercise, you do not call for the implementation. I say this because we have our Committee on Implementation and we know they are trying their best but Parliament is always inhibited in the fact that they cannot move to the next phase of perhaps suing. Ours is oversight and recommendation. There is a law that requires or provides that once mentioned adversely in any public report and especially parliamentary reports, then you will be debarred from carrying out some specific duties. So, I think it is important that we have names of individuals who have failed or who need to be investigated further in the coming reports. As I conclude, I think it is also important that the Committee, and I know it may be falling under other Committees, I was looking for their thoughts on the proposed merger of parastatal. Is this something that should continue being pursued? Those are thoughts that are in other quarters. I thought the Committee would have exercised their mind on the issue to see and ensure that they are viable and useful to this Republic. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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