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    "id": 209915,
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    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This Motion is very important for the betterment of our country. Privatisation was accepted on the Floor of the House by the previous Government and hijacked by officers in the same Government. But there was no oversight from Parliament as to how those assets were disposed of. We may realise the consequences of privatisation after looking at the cases of Industrial Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC), Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC), East African Portland Cement (EAPC), Kenya Airways, Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), Kenya Reinsurance Corporation and tourism lodges like Meru Mulika Lodge, Mt. Elgon Lodge, Sunset Hotel and Mombasa Port. That was all that was left. People wanted to buy the shares in those firms at a throw-away price. There was hue and cry from the country. We thought that we were being stripped naked. The Government would never own anything! The country would never benefit from all those corporations. Therefore, for Dr. Awiti to come up with this amendment, I support this Motion whole- heartedly, knowing very well that anything that is for the people of Kenya must be scrutinised and authorised by Parliament. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there were parastatals that were classified in the sense that they were security firms. They were owned by the Government. Such parastatals were also privatised. We very well remember the Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC), which was a centre that was classified because it dealt with communications which involved the defence of this country. It was also earmarked for privatisation. What consequences did we have? We never know. We have no privacy. It may be that we are looking for money or 3044 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 8, 2007 resources, but all that has come up because of mismanagement of resources in this country. We have no professionalism or power to boast that this is a Kenyan. We say that we are proud to be Kenyans. But we also have to know that our assets are riches of the generations to come. We should allow this Parliament to make sure that whatever is to be disposed of by the Executive must be legitimised by this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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