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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, public resources should be well utilised. Public resources are not for a particular leader in a particular financial year. They are for the generations to come. We cannot be having budgets where one project is funded year-in, year-out because public resources are not well utilised. That is wrong! Even if public resources are funded by taxpayers’ money, it is the responsibility of the leadership at that particular time to ensure that the required standards of a project are achieved. Resources should not be misused simply because they belong to the Government. That is wrong. Sometimes we see number plates of Government vehicles being removed and private number plates installed, so that people use Government resources as if they are their own toys. It is high time that the EACC cracked the whip on this. If it is a Government vehicle, let it remain so. Authorities such as the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and traffic police should also ensure that Government vehicles maintain the standards. Sometimes people misuse them without caring because they do not feel the pain. You will hear them saying ni ya Serikali, but that is wrong. As we adopt this particular report, we want the EACC, in collaboration with NTSA and traffic police, to ensure that those properties are up to standard and are well utilised. We have also heard about issues of branding. For example, there is a school that someone branded their name. How many photos should we have? Let me ask this question. Today, we refer to them as Cabinet Secretary, but they used to be called Ministers. Let us, for example, talk about the Cabinet Secretary for Health. You can imagine going to Afya House and finding a big portrait of Hon. Duale because he is the Cabinet Secretary. Tomorrow, if you have another Cabinet Secretary called Mutinda, you will find another big portrait there. What kind of business are we doing? A leader should ensure that they perform as per the required mandate. It is not about how many billboards you have put. Secondly, where is that money coming from? Where do we get the resources for branding? After that person leaves office, rebranding is done. It is not about what someone has been able to do, but rather the proper utilization and standard of the assets that have been put in place using public funds. That is what is important. Now that this is happening, can we also allow the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to put up billboards all over the country when they establish that leader A, B, or C, has been found guilty on corruption matters? With that, it will be a two-way traffic. Why can we not allow the EACC to put up billboards with the rogue The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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