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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I commend and thank the Chairman for the Report. Indeed, it is a very ugly and disturbing Report on the status of our national organizations. This is a critical moment for the National Assembly to ensure that this Report's recommendations are implemented. We will follow up and support them. This is a widespread problem in many of our national organizations. There is impunity, abuse of power, mismanagement, enormous looting, theft of public resources, and a lot of wastage in many government departments. Sometimes you wonder how this country can continue like that. Sometimes we are amazed at the resilience of this country in light of this kind of impunity that goes on without punishment. Many public officials involved in these malpractices know that the worst that can happen to them is that they can walk away and return to their homes without paying any penalty for mismanagement and corruption. If you move around, you will see many institutions falling apart, many projects that have not been implemented, and a lot of resources going to private consultancies for jobs that can be done by established government departments and institutions that are better equipped and more knowledgeable. It is important that this Committee has brought these ills to our attention. We should take it very seriously and give the Committee all the support it requires in addressing these challenges. This Committee should not rest on its laurels and say they have done their job and submitted their Report. They should follow it up consistently and regularly to ensure change happens in those institutions. Otherwise, we will continue to waste taxpayers' money and witness corruption everywhere. For example, I sit on the National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity Committee. Every state corporation violates the Constitution on issues of equality and equal opportunity. The public organizations established after promulgating the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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