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    "id": 202006,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your new job as the Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am sure we will benefit from your wide experience in matters of this House. Let me take also take this opportunity to congratulate the Chairman of the PIC, hon. Justin Muturi, a good friend of mine and a classmate, for a job well done. It is very clear that the Committee has done a fantastic job. It had more than 62 sittings. They interviewed many people and witnesses and they have come up with various recommendations. Again, they have looked at the bad and the good corporations. For example, they have taken cognisance of the fact that the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), under the stewardship of Mr. George Muhoho, has cleared all the burden which was there. He increased the turnover. That is now one of the most profitable investments. They have now embarked on an expansion programme worth more than Kshs3 billion. In that respect, this is a good Report. It recognises both the good and the bad corporations. It also recognises that a corporation can be good today and tomorrow, it can become bad. However, I have a problem with the recommendation barring people from holding public office. It is important that before somebody is barred from holding public office, he is given a hearing. It is important that someone is given a chance to state his side of the story. Once that matter comes here and it is debated--- Even if a matter came here and the Speaker directed that it be expunged from the Report, you would still find some of those recommendations appearing in the newspapers. So, my only fear is that before such a heavy recommendation is made, someone should be given an opportunity to say what happened. Even if they have ceased to be public officers, the fact that they were once public officers, they should be summoned. If they refuse to appear, then the House can take all the necessary action under the Powers and Privileges Act. With those words, I beg to support."
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