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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to add my voice to the debate. Over the years, we have seen loss of public funds through projects. We end up with white elephant projects and then we ask when the rain began to beat us. It is because there are no regulations. Individuals, whether in the Executive or politicians like ourselves, sit in the corner of a room and cut deals. Those deals are not about Kenyans or services that must accrue out of actualisation of that project. This country is looking at things like foreign direct investment (FDI), joint ventures and PPPs that involve colossal amounts of money. If there are no regulations, how will there be accountability and transparency? Going forward, we need to have manuals. If I want know the status of a project, there should be a guide. If I am in charge of a department or a ministry, I should have sufficient understanding that what I am doing is within the ambit of the law of the land. I support what the Committee has proposed. I suggest that we do not leave it at the regulation level, but develop manuals."
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