Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1021288,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1021288/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 300,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 12849,
        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
        "slug": "julius-kipbiwot-melly"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the 23rd Report of the Public Investments Committee. I want to commend the Chair and the Members of the Committee for this Report. The work that has been put forth by the Committee is quite commendable. The mandate of this Committee is manifested in the Report. It shows the abilities and the leadership of the Chair of the Committee. This has shown the way forward for all State corporations. The Inspector of State of corporations and the National Treasury, which is a body in charge of most State corporations, should take this Report and be part of it. They should look into how to oversee some of the State corporations that have issues. As a Member of this Committee, this Report has been written meticulously. A number of issues have come up. I do not want to go into issues that other Members have talked about. I want to talk about a number of issues on the observations and recommendations. The activities of this Parliament are active in committees. It is in committees that Parliament is able to oversight the Executive and makes deliberations concerning various sectors of the Government and the society. I want to talk about the issue of ownership. Land is an emotive issue in this country. A number of State corporations, mostly universities and research facilities, have land that they do not own; they have no ownership documents. Earlier speakers have talked about that. We also have equipment that has been inherited by some of the State corporations from other corporations and they do not own it. We have in question a number of universities that have inherited land, equipment and buildings, and they do not have tittles of the land and log books of various vehicles and equipment. The lack of legal documents of ownership of these equipment will open a way through which some of these equipment can easily get lost. The Committee has made good recommendations. There is need for follow up on how these things can be secured."
}