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    "id": 1556967,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support the Motion for the approval of the two Principal Secretaries. They may be Cabinet Secretaries in the future. The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning Chairman has elaborated on how well Mr Cyrell Wagunda Odede and Dr Boniface Makokha qualify for these positions. I also agree with the Leader of the Minority Party that it is important to recognise that when a Government is formed, it is formed on behalf of Kenyans to serve all Kenyans. Anybody within the boundaries of the country who is qualified, and a Kenyan can serve in any position. That is why those of us who are fundis not only believe in the Broad-based Government because it brings us together but because it also harnesses and creates a synergy of expertise from across the political divide. We do not need to discriminate against anybody on the basis of where they come from. You have heard that Mr Cyrell Wagunda Odede is a Jasuna, somebody from Suna. This is the first time since Independence that we have had a Jasuna as a Principal Secretary. That tells us that the country is moving in the right direction. We have had principal secretaries from Kikuyu Constituency and some from Gachie in Kiambu, and I look forward to a time in the near future when we will have a Cabinet Secretary from Gachie in Kiambaa Constituency, Kiambu County. Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to address the new State Department for Public Investments and Asset Management. I want to tell Mr. Odede that he is coming to a state department where he has been appointed at the right time. I say at the right time because this is coming from a backdrop where the country is implementing International Monetary Fund (IMF) led reforms that were more tax-based. Following the events of last year, we now have to cautiously move away from tax-based reforms in the country and balance this with investments, and more so investments where we can raise money to carry out public investments without necessarily going back to tax Kenyans. The Public-Private Partnerships Act, 2021, that we enacted in this House almost three years ago, has existed in our books. However, we have been extremely slow in rolling out Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in this country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, where you come from in Gilgil, on a Friday or a long weekend like this one, people take hours to get to Nakuru, a distance of less than 200 kilometres that should take less than an hour."
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