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    "id": 1108348,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "investment, also, there are many things that can change in the period because these are long-term projects. If something changes, the Bill must lend itself for an opportunity for renegotiation, to take into account the new developments and make sure that we correct the course as we go along. There are a number of things that could go wrong. It could be the performance issues with the private sector or change in the policy of the Government. In this Bill, we must see an opportunity for us, as Kenyans, to make sure that we can change course and renegotiate. It does not come out clearly. Since we have a robust Committee, many of the issues around how this infrastructure projects are being managed have been listed. I hope that, that aspect is revamped and strengthened. Then, we will not have a situation where, should there be changes, variations, force majeure or whatever number of things can come. In long-term nature of these projects, we have a chance to make sure we do not get disadvantaged in any sense. I do not want to say much because a lot has been said. I will end there, but as the Vice Chairperson of the Information, Communication and Technology Committee, I would like to speak on the value of data collected within a PPP arrangement. Normally, when the Government gets into a PPP arrangement, the private sector will execute. In the cause of execution, a lot of data comes to be owned by the private sector. This data is mined not necessarily by the Government, but by the private sector. The age of data being the new gold, it is about time this piece of legislation is dynamic, progressive and fit for the purpose of today; that there is data protection to benefit the data owner, which is the country. Many partnerships, even the ones that are not PPP, and looking at the pandemic we are dealing with right now, a lot of data tends to go to the partner that is providing the resources or executing. In this case, we are disenfranchised, our data is not in our hands, and we end up not knowing how to do things next time or the value of the data that was created and who owns that data. With those few remarks, I support and hope that if we can add value to it, we will propose a few more things. This is timely and will ensure that we have a good framework for collaboration between the public and private sector. I support."
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