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    "id": 1108451,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir for this opportunity. I have heard a new word called “ nguvu-kazi ”. I want to rise by supporting this National Assembly’s Public Private Partnership Bill. This Bill is long overdue considering that as custodians of devolution, we should be looking more into enhancing opportunities. We are aware as we talk today the public debt continues to grow. It is approaching more than Kshs7 trillion and word has it that the National Treasury want it to raise it to Kshs12 trillion. In the near future, the resources that will go to counties will continue to become a challenge. As we talk today, it continues to be a challenge. One of the biggest supporters of devolution has been the private sector and donations from various agencies and other diplomatic missions in the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we put this into perspective, because we have a number, most of us courtesy of your office, we have travelled on parliamentary business. Sometimes outside the parliamentary business there are many Kenyans who are in diaspora. We did discuss the amendment to diaspora directorate creation. Most of them request on how they can partner. Sometimes you travel abroad and some Kenyans would want to maybe send back medical equipment to the country. They want to partner with the local administration. We have seen twinning of cities. I have seen Mombasa County Governor; Hon. Ali Hassan Joho is twinning with some city. I have seen the Governor of Uasin Gishu County, Hon. Jackson Mandago twinning with other cities. When it comes to those, most of them are concerned about PPP, especially in management of wastage even this Nairobi City County. Many counties going into the future will do a lot of twinning with various cities. With those twinning comes with the issue of public private partnerships. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, so this is the right way to go. In the first and second set of devolution, most governors have tried to do PPP, but there was no specific law that would govern this engagement between the private and public sector. As I indicated, we have seen even the intended expansion of Uplands all the way to Mau Summit that the French Government wants to partner with Kenya. Some of them are under public private partnership. We want the law that would guide it, especially to county governments, for some of us, who in future God willing will be running county governments, this is the law that will guide the engagement. That is in trying and expanding opportunities and creating a lot of opportunities for many young people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in a snapshot and upshot, I have had an issue with the Committee amendments on offenses and penalties. I agree that we should not allow. My brother who earlier spoke before me indicated that that there could be briefcase companies or individuals who would want to come into the country, sign funny contracts, they are bankrupt in their nations and do not have necessary amount. They do not have the securitization of their documentation that is needed. Looking at it, these issues of offenses and penalties are important. I agree that the weight has been drafted, but I would wish that it be enhanced. That the person should fined a fine of not exceeding Kshs2 million, they should go even up to around Kshs10 million and imprisonment of seven years or more."
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