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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. I would like to make a few contributions to this Bill on PPP. From the onset, I have to state that a PPP project, traditionally costs more than a regular public procurement entity. This is mostly used to build highways and mega projects. This is advised by the Vision 2030 which sets out a blueprint that puts the country into a situation where it is expected to grow into a middle- income developed country. The biggest problem I have with such a Bill, which I hope that the Committee on Delegated Legislation will pay a microscopic view, is when it comes to the issue of the regulations. PPP may sound good to everyone, but the biggest problem we have is that it is another form of debt. We have got so many people who traverse this country and say – I am sure my colleague Sen. M. Kajwang’ had alluded to it – I have big investors from abroad who will partner with county governments and then build multibillion dollar industries. This is not the case. I hope the sponsors of this Bill which came from the National Assembly do not seek to do away with the bureaucracy created by the PPP Act of 2013 by removing all those steps of getting approval and reducing them into three to create more debt for this nation. When you look at the advantages of the PPPs, one would say that once carried out effectively, through a microscopic financial lens then it will be beneficial for the country. This is a project which ordinarily will take a long period of time. In fact, the minimum is"
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