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    "speaker_name": "Buuri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. First of all, let me wish Hon. Speaker a belated happy birthday. He is not listening. I want to contribute to this Bill because the Government made the right decision in bringing it to the House. It will bring efficiency and, by extension, effectiveness in the running of the affairs of the privatisation of government entities. It brings in the qualifications of the staff and board that are required for running the privatisation process. Secondly, I support this Bill because one of the things lacking is responsiveness as far as the discharge of the privatisation process is concerned. There were many organisations that were intimated to be privatised for a long time, but because of lack of the authority, experience, and expertise to deal with the process, the process has been delayed. One of the greatest problems that we have is accountability. There is the aspect of identifying the values of the assets that need to be disposed of by the Government, including the valuation of the State corporations that need to be disposed of inlieu of having an authority to deal with that process. In the process, what has happened is that many people have lost faith in the Government. I agree that so many institutions need to be disposed of. The Government is not in the business of running businesses, but there are some essential services that it needs to remain in control. When the Government wants to dispose of its shares and its control over some State corporations, it is because they are no longer 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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