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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Public Debt and Privatization Committee’s Report. I particularly thank the Chair, Hon. Shurie, and his able Vice-Chair, Hon. Makali Mulu, who when I last passed through “Kitui City,” I heard he is a prospective Governor in Kitui County. I want to tell the people of Kitui that they will never have a better governor than Hon. Makali Mulu when that time comes. With Hon. Shurie, he has not only done well in the Public Debt and Privatization Committee, but also in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Let me take this opportunity to thank them and the other Public Debt and Privatization Committee members, including the very agile and able Member for Kinangop, Hon. Kwenya Thuku. He has been a very active Member of this Committee. He has made sure that they do their work overseeing our public debt position in the country and putting the National Treasury on its toes. As they have put in this Report, they have to ensure that the National Treasury is not only submitting all the reports it ought to submit to the House, but doing so promptly. I have noted the observations and recommendations that the Committee has made in their Report, particularly those that relate to reports under Section 31(1) and (3) of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012. These reports are critical not just to the work of the Public Debt and Privatization Committee and the House, but also to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. As those committees and the House interact with the country’s finances, these reports will help to inform them of the level of indebtedness of the country and measure whether, in the subsequent financial year, the country will enter into a higher or a lower level of debt than it was in the year that the National Treasury last reported. As the Committee has noted in its recommendations, it is important that these reports are brought before the House on a quarterly basis. There is a reason why the drafters of 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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