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    "id": 1208169,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tetu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Wandeto",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to add my voice to the Public Investments Management Regulations, 2022. First, I would like to congratulate the Committee for the good work that they have done in preparing these Regulations. I must admit that they are overdue. The history of this country is littered with very many white elephant projects. In the past, we have been obsessed with activities at the expense of outcomes. So, we have had very many investments where we cannot demonstrate the returns on investment. There has also been a lot of duplication of projects. Therefore, these Regulations will bring sanity to the whole sector of public investments. Hon. Temporary Speaker, my quick observation on these Regulations is the provision for a public investments’ portal. This will bring transparency and accountability in the way we execute our projects. From the outset, we need to ensure that all public investments are published way before they are executed so that every Kenyan can see what is happening in each and every part of this country. Tenders must also be published publicly so that every Kenyan can see what is coming up. We must adopt a framework of standardised project pricing or costing. It is also very important that we build the capacity of our people, especially those in counties who have taken up a lot of roles in these Regulations. It is very important that there is adequate capacity-building in counties by the national Government so that projects are implemented up to standards. We go to very many places in this country and even if you are not an engineer, you can tell that a road, a classroom, or a water project is being constructed at subpar standards. It is also very important that we incorporate in these Regulations some sort of body to set standards or conduct an audit so that we ensure that once every project is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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