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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the chance. I rise to give my comments in regard to this Report by the Public Investments Committee. First, I want to commend the Chair and Members for coming up with such a robust Report of around 600 pages. That is a great deal. I say that because I have sat in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) before and we do more or less the same kind of job. I know the kind of dedication that one needs to put to this work. Audit is part of the budget-making process. It is actually the process that comes at the tail end. After we allocate money in this House to various Government departments, the departments allocate money to various State corporations, semi-autonomous Government agencies (sagas) and parastatals, we have to work at the tail end in terms of audit by checking how the money that we expended to Government departments and corporations has been spent. That is important. I have heard the Chair – he spoke in deep Swahili – and the seconder of the Motion. I concur with them on many areas. One, there is a lot of corruption in Government. I say this because I have come across it firsthand. Most of the corruption in this country does not happen directly in the Government departments. Most of our money and the services that are offered by the Government nowadays are offered by corporations and almost autonomous bodies. It behooves all of us to keep a keen eye, especially on corporations. Part of the corruption that is there in the corporations is lethargy. In this House, I am sure all Members have come across such kind of corporations, especially in giving service to people. We are not in this House because of friendship; we are here to talk the truth. I want to register my disappointment on one of the State corporations that is letting Members down. That is the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC). We have a very good Principal Secretary in the State Department of Energy, Eng. Joseph K. Njoroge. I am sure in this 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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