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    "id": 207017,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really want to impress on the memory of the House. This is Act was not brought to the House by the Government. A private Member wanted to bring it as a Private Members' Bill. The concern then was the manner in which several public properties had been disposed of in a very opaque manner. Therefore, we decided to borrow a leaf from the experience of the UK. We decided to introduce an Act of Parliament to ensure that before Government property is disposed of, proper procedure is followed, so that people can participate properly in the process. There was supposed to be a Privatisation Commission which was supposed to prepare a privatisation programme and table it in this House. On an annual basis, the Minister is supposed to come here with a report and table it; to show how the property has been disposed of. The President assented to the Bill on 13th October, 2005. Since that time, the Minister has refused to gazette the Act and bring it into operation. I do not think that it is discretionally upon the Minister to frustrate the efforts of this House by refusing to gazette an Act of Parliament, which has already been assented to by the President. They have proceeded to dispose of some of the properties. For example, the Kenya Re was disposed of the other day. That is why I was saying that the Minister should give this House an assurance that he will suspend the privatisation exercise until he has completely complied with the Act."
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