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    "id": 1108453,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as State officer, one shall not directly participate in any tender under this document. This is to avoid conflict of interest and avoid breaking the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. This is an import that has already been given under the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. Finally, we already have a directorate of PPP. We would like also the office of the Auditor-General which has been indicated, or any other form of ensuring that we do so. I have seen an audited report that is presented before and the author prepared and submitted a Committee report on the state of PPP in Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope Parliament of the Republic of Kenya will have a role in this. We would want to know the state of PPP. If we are not careful, somebody can be a President doing a PPP with other countries, but may be it is the person himself as a natural person doing that transaction yet he is committing the country. I agree with my brothers who spoke that even governors who are coming at the tail end, we should not only look at the governors, even the Presidents maybe three or six months before he exits the second term. They should not still have those powers to continue committing us. They can commit us to something that will not benefit us. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a country called Jamaica. Allegedly, they have committed their country to trillions and billions of US dollars for 70 years. You can imagine a President who is exiting today - for instance, President Uhuru Kenyatta - decide to commit to something that will be taken to 100 years. It will be unfair to us and the future generations. We must get value for money. As I conclude to allow the Senate Majority Leader to reply, you remember yesterday we were even asking the value of money in Ngamia One project. We have seen we have invested a lot for the last nine months under PPP. There are people who have generated billions of shillings to the Ngamia One Project in oil exploration in Turkana County. Even the wind power that Kenyans were defrauded over Kshs80 billion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it was done under PPP agreement. When we asked the Cabinet Secretary (CS) who was just seated across me, they could not have a tentative answer. We must also protect the private sector and the Government. There was a private sector through the PPP partnership agreement in Ngamia One oil exploration for nine years, but those explorations have not been done. We must report to that. The Senate Minority Leader is insisting that I finish. There are a number and types of values of PPP tenders that have been cancelled. We need to be careful on this one. That is why I said we need to do due diligence. This is my last point. If a company is domiciled, for example, in Italy or US, we need to do due diligence so that they do not bring a bankrupt government, then you cancel, they take you to court and pay for that money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope to see this in the Committee of the Whole to bring the necessary amendments. However, we need to support this not only in the interest of the national Government, but also the county governments to expand opportunities. This is to ensure that it is not only protecting devolution, but also expand opportunities for our devolved counties. I thank you for this opportunity."
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