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    "id": 1108196,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to weigh in on this important Bill. I would like to begin by thanking the National Assembly for debating and passing the Public Private Partnership Bill (National Assembly Bills. No. 6 of 2021). I also take this opportunity to thank the leadership of the Senate for introducing this Bill for debate in this Chamber. It is very encouraging to see that at a time such as this, we are now debating a mechanism to give effect to Article 227 of the Constitution which speaks to procurement of public goods and services; an area that has for many years suffered a lot of abuse. In that supreme law in Article 227, the drafters of the Constitution envisaged a situation where in the procurement of public goods and services, the procuring entities would go for a system that ensures fairness, equity, competitiveness and a cost effective system. Truth be told, a lot of these procurement entities in this country are not living to the expectations and provisions of Article 227 of the Constitution. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am encouraged because in bringing a legal framework to give effect to this article, one of the things that we do is create a conducive environment for the private sector to flourish. It should be noted that in this country and as in any other country, economic growth cannot be attained without a vibrant and solid private sector. When the private sector joins hands with the public entities to undertake development projects, two important things happen. One, it gives the private sector players an opportunity to access easy and affordable credit to be able to roll out major projects. However, most importantly, it also creates an environment with which a lot of jobs are created and ground is made good for the private sector to flourish in all areas of development. I say that because I sat in the special committee of the Senate which looked into the issues of the Managed Equipment Scheme (MES) which was initiated as a PPP but it moved from a PPP to MES which eventually became a big mess. If we had a law to safeguard our Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), perhaps, we would not have gotten where we have found ourselves. Madam Deputy Speaker, when I talk about creating a conducive environment for the flourishing of the private sector, I am looking at areas like access to affordable credit, Government creating political stability to build confidence among our private sector players and access to reliable sources of energy to power industries. You know that we have a challenge in terms of reliable and affordable sources of energy to power industries."
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