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    "id": 1024299,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the adoption of this 23rd Report of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) on the audited financial statements of 48 State corporations today. As you are aware, under Standing Order No. 206, this Committee is mandated to examine the reports and accounts of public investments, examine the reports of the Auditor General if any and, examine in the context of the autonomy and efficiency of the public investments, whether the affairs of public investments are being managed in accordance with sound financial or business principles and prudent commercial practices. I want to thank the Members of the Committee because we had 90 sittings to examine the accounts of these 48 State corporations. With a lot of dedication, the Committee managed to produce this wonderful Report devoid of any misinterpretation. I want to go straight into the general issues that are crosscutting a number of State corporations as raised by the Chair. One is the aspect of ownership of property, land and equipment. This was also contained in the 21st and the 22nd Reports that were presented to this House. Now, it is in the 23rd Report that is before this House. A number of State corporations have got no ownership proof of land or property. They have no title deeds. A good example is Kenya Wildlife Service. It has 222 pieces of land and only 48 pieces have title deeds. Others are: South Eastern Kenya University; Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA); Kenya Airports Authority (KAA); National Housing Corporation (NHC) and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). To date, a number of State corporations have no proof to show that the pieces of land that they have belong to them. If land does not belong to you, you cannot undertake any kind of development on it. That notwithstanding, there are a number of court cases that are consuming a lot of money of these State corporations. Recommendation was made last time that the accounting officers of these State corporations must move fast and ensure that they liaise with the relevant Government agencies to get ownership of these lands. The National land Commission has been slow on this issue. It is our hope that the relevant accounting officers will liaise with them to ensure that they get the relevant documents. We recommended that the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the NLC Chairperson put caveats on all parcels of land of State corporations, so that we do not lose them. This recommendation was in our previous recommendations. There is a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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