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    "id": 231585,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/231585/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 348,
        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank the Public Accounts Committee for this report. As you can see, we are examining Accounts that date back to 10 years ago. To me, this looks like dealing with posthumous events. I know that even if a malpractice was highlighted by the Press, some of the culprits, who may have been involved in financial mismanagement, are dead. The question is, why are we discussing this report now and not before? Why are we dealing with past issues as though they are telling us what the future holds? We know very well that in the past, the PAC has detected mistakes. We know that some of the public funds were siphoned out of this country and invested overseas. It would have been better for us to be told by the PAC who the culprits are and the way forward. What is our vision? Mr. Omingo had this document. He engaged his brain, his knowledge of accounts and came up with the issues in there. It is not just a volume of a book. There were matters that needed to be dealt with prudently. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the development of a country depends on the past, yet in 1998 the population of this country was not the same as it is today. The department that deals with money has been constrained. Thanks to this Government because it has brought sanity to the financial environment. We are now seeing the right face of Kenya under President Kibaki's governance. As an economist, I think he has reason to be quiet. He is quiet but has a long stick. That long stick is what makes this country produce the scent of perfume that is spreading around, and showcasing Kenya as a leading country in Africa. Thanks to the NARC Government. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not my intention to debate posthumous issues. However, what I see here are the misdeeds of our past officers. They were exposed by the Controller and Auditor-General. It is on this basis that the PAC raised issues and brought them to Parliament, so that it could use them to guide this country. However, we need implementation. Even when you are working on a sum in mathematics, there are theories and statements but there has to be an answer. It is unacceptable for us to dwell on past things that cannot be used to recover the loss that this country has suffered for 40 years. Look at the way the Provincial administration has run down this country. When it comes to land adjudication, the beneficiaries in land allocation have always been civil servants. The distributors of land have been the District Commissioners and the Provincial Commissioners. Some of them have since been elected hon. Member of Parliament. That has increased poverty. If we allow ourselves to be mischievously ruled and do not want to be faithful to ourselves, then Vision 2030 will be a mirage. It will be a hypothesis. It is not enough for us to stand up and say that we are economists who can base our arguments on facts. The facts that we have now are those we see in books. It is not a question of having a quorum in the House, or numbers in the House. We have to be precise. Countries that are developing are the ones that have grabbed the particular knowledge in accounts. They have up to date books of accounts. Why does a farmer pay attention to the end of the year? It is because he knows he is going to pay taxes at the end of the year. He has to respond to the Government because it wants taxes. Why then does the Government not implement all these things. The accumulation of unsolved financial problems disturbs me. 4150 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 5, 2006 With those few remarks I beg to support."
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