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    "id": 1108456,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to reply to this Bill. I beg to reply. I also wish to thank His Excellency Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta for being in the forefront in ensuring that infrastructure projects in this country are fast-tracked and that whatever borrowing that we did, it was worth it. The kind of level of infrastructure that this country has experienced for the past at least nine years and more so last four years has been immense. We just need somebody to continue with that legacy to ensure that this country is developed and Kenyans will see the benefits of those projects. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the beauty about this is also that the county governments can engage. I want to assure Senators that we have shown that there is a concern in terms of feasibility. That directorate will have people who are skilful. Whether the project is undertaken by the national or county government, that team will scrutinize to do the financial and technical feasibility and other requirements to ensure that project is delivered. The good thing about this project as well is that nothing stops a Kenyan who has the capital, technical skills and ability to perform that project from doing it. The other thing that is good about these PPP is that most of them will be self- paying. Whatever revenue that is generated from that project is the one that will be paid to the person. Even the running of the secretariat is based on some performance of one per cent so it will be self-sufficient. If it is found that the project is paying itself quicker than it was envisaged. Let us say it was supposed to pay itself within 30 years and it pays faster than that. In the contract, there will be a provision whereby Kenyans now stop paying for that project. If you read the Bill carefully together with amendments, the Committee on Finance and Budget of the Senate made many amendments on this Bill. You can look at them in the last pages. Together with those amendments, this is a great Bill and it should be supported. This Bill will ensure that we develop without incurring more. It will be reliving in terms of the debt burden. Most of the projects are expected to be self-revenue generating. This project will be generating new revenue that will pay for these projects. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 61 (3), I request that the putting of the question be deferred to tomorrow. I wish to thank all the Senators who have contributed to this Bill."
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