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    "id": 1108190,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1108190/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, on my part, the only worry that I have on public-private partnerships is that if they are not well managed or if there is no regulatory and legal framework, they can be a source for seeking rent and Governments overpricing its activities with collections with the entities that they enter into contract with Governments. Therefore, in this regard, this framework is going to make every sector to play its role including Parliament to play its role because judging entities such as performance of Government without a legal framework is never easy. At the moment, there are many huge infrastructure projects that are taking place but they can never be enough. I am sure that without PPP, undertaking a project like the Nairobi Expressway would have been extremely difficult. We are aware that there is also an attempt to build an expressway or a huge transport corridor between Nakuru and Nairobi and eventually Kisumu-Kericho-Malaba. The highway to Mombasa is in serious need of development and expansion and with a limited budget, all these projects are going to be difficult to be undertaken. There is also need to have a connection between the international airport in Nairobi, JKIA with the Nairobi City. Those are some of the areas that under the framework of the PPP, the country can move at ta better pace with its neighbours. Madam Deputy Speaker, it is important for Kenya to take advantage of its location and what we have at the moment. Nairobi is easily the hub in9 the region. However, it can be overtaken by Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa and Johannesburg which are competitors. However, all things said and done, Nairobi, Kenya, has a greater potential to be the hub. However, that cannot be accomplished if the question of infrastructure is not addressed and raised to international standards."
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