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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kaguchia John",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I strongly support the Report by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and National Planning, Hon. Kimani Kuria. It is high time that Parliament becomes strict and keen on any financial dealings by Government officials. It is clear there is a conspiracy between Government officials and people who want to connive into taking public property in the deal between Uchumi properties, UBA Bank and the National Treasury for personal gain. We must ensure that the public servants who serve this country are more patriotic than selfish. If they are not willing, Parliament must put its foot down to ensure they strictly follow the rules. If we allow public servants to be corrupt, the National Assembly will have failed in its duties. I ask the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and National Planning not only to make recommendations on the way forward between the different parties, but also to present to this House a report on the public servants who are involved in this conspiracy. We will then debate and make further recommendations. Secondly, those public servants should be investigated by EACC, DCI, and any other investigative body in the country. This will act as a deterrent for anybody who is eyeing public property for personal gain. As much as I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Ichung’wah, that the Privatisation Bill carters for how privatisation is done in our country, Parliament must also remain vigilant to ensure that during privatisation or leasing of public property to private investors, nobody will have personal gain. Taking action on the issue of Uchumi will help the country and Parliament to become vigilant in the process of privatisation of Government bodies. We cannot allow individuals who come on board during this process to make personal gains. We are also aware that Kenyans, at a private level, are also losing quite a lot from those auctions in the recovery of debts owed to banks or other creditors. There has been a conspiracy between the creditors, auctioneers and other interested parties. For instance, private properties have smaller loans than the amount that is recovered from the sale of their property. It is sold, but they do not get any refund on the excess loan payments. This has occasioned huge losses to individuals in this country, who have no voice when their property is auctioned based on what they owe to creditors. This House should take extreme measures on this particular case that is now in our hands."
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