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    "id": 1208147,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mosop, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abraham Kirwa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to support this Motion on the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation on its consideration of the Public Finance Management (Public Investments Management) Regulations, 2022. It is unfortunate that for a very long time, our nation has continuously operated in a way that has no regard to public finances. It is unfortunate that regimes that come in always look for opportunities to make money and make a few people rich. Coming up with these Regulations on how to manage public finances is a crucial step to our nation. I want to believe that all of us as Members of Parliament and officials have the best interest of this country at heart. No one should take advantage of any position to change some things to enrich themselves. We discussed a few minutes ago about the Nairobi Expressway. Every time I use the expressway, I ask myself who actually uses it. Very few people use it. We have sunk lot of public money into it, but the general population does not use it. The Leader of the Majority Party said a few minutes ago that you are not allowed to use your credit card and M-pesa to pay. You have to pay cash and you cannot trace how many people use the expressway in a day. So, why is it that in a nation like ours that has advanced technology, we cannot account for what we are getting? At the end of the day, how will you know how your taxes are levied on this project when you try to figure that out if it is cash transactions? I think there is more to it than what we know. Somebody should look into it and a team formed to investigate on how the tender of the Nairobi Expressway was awarded, who was behind it, who is getting the money and for how long are we going to pay for it. I know for sure the Government put in a bit of money. This is a debt that we will continue to finance for a long time. These Regulations are supposed to help us as a nation. I support the Report of the Committee and the suggestions they have given. More than anything, we need to revisit the issue of the Nairobi Expressway. We may be enriching a few individuals at the expense of a whole nation. That is not something that we will accept. I support the Report."
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