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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to support this very important Motion. But I should not be given conditions by this Minister here. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it is very clear now from this Report that, indeed, the Safaricom Initial Public Offer (IPO) should actually be stopped, if you read the Report very well. Read the agreement that was there between Safaricom and Vodafone. Vodafone should have disclosed who they were selling the 10 per cent to, and at what price. To the extent that, that was not done it, therefore, means that there was a breach of certain regulations. The Government should revisit that, if it is transparent as it claims to be. I think it is imperative that, that IPO should be stopped until all those disclosures are made. Hon. Muturi has put that very clearly. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have read through this Report. What comes out very clearly in many parastatals is that title deeds for many pieces of land that they own should be processed. I think it is the duty of the Government, and especially every parent Ministry, to ensure that every parastatal has all the title deeds. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have read the Report on Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (WCPC). That particular corporation, in my view, should be wound up. With the reforms that have been undertaken in the water sector, I think it does not make sense to continue funding such corporations. They are a drain to the Exchequer. Every region now has a water board that oversees the development of its water resources. The Committee should recommend in future that, that corporation be wound up altogether. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have also read the Report on the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). If you look at the amount of money that NCPB is given every financial year, it is actually running on a deficit. Many farmers who delivered their produce last year in our region have not been paid. There are no funds! I think the Government should make one decision. Either NCPB should hold stock for strategic reserves or it should do business. If it has to do business, then it has no business holding stocks and holding people's money. The corporation now, given the financial status obtaining, is unable to meet its financial obligations. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, given that the world has become a global village, instead of increasing the strategic reserves that NCPB has--- If you want cereals today, you can get them from South Africa in two or three days! Therefore, I think the Government should be reasonable. NCPB should reduce its reserves so that it could free most of its funds. I have seen that they are willing to undertake reforms. They should reduce some of the depots that they have. Some of the depots that exist in various parts of the country, like those in Turkana and so forth, are not necessary! If you want cereals to move from Eldoret, where we produce cereals, to Turkana, you can move them in a day! Therefore, it makes no sense for the Government to keep on holding on to all the depots in the country, spending money on labour and personnel for things which can be managed. We can build strategic depots in Nairobi and Eldoret and wipe out all the others. October 2, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4277 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) has totally failed! I can see many directors---"
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