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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "during vetting. These committees need to come up with recommendations on how to handle such issues. The Government has stated that it is going to promote Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). The County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee should also come up with recommendations on how such PPPs would happen. As it stands today, it is very hard for a county to do a PPP because they must seek approval from the National Treasury. If the National Treasury is not in good terms with a county, they might probably not get a nod to go on with the partnership. The ‘Hustlers’ Fund is coming. I believe that even if it is a national Fund, who knows, maybe the governors or Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) will be tasked to oversee the distribution of the Fund. This means that this ‘special fund’ will come to this Committee for scrutiny. It is my prayer that those Members who have been nominated to this Committee, serve diligently, so that at the end of this Session, we will know that we worked for our people and we did it right. I do not know whether I should agree with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, on the issue of governors who seek Senatorial seats to have a hiatus of about five years because there is no vacuum in Government. If you want to know what the previous governor did, we just write to the current governor today and he or she will bring that information to these committees. The governor in question can only declare his conflict of interest and be put aside as we investigate. We want governors to work knowing that there is somewhere else they can go. If we say they will never run anywhere, they will not treat our people well because they know that is the end of their game. So, we are giving them a hand to steal more if we bar them from running for any other office. I support."
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