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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is perfectly in order for us to refer to the Assistant Minister, Mr. Ekwe Ethuro, when he was in the Ministry of Labour and refer to him by name, because it is a fact that he served in that Ministry. There is nothing adverse about him. Therefore, there is nothing for me to come up by way of a substantive Motion or substantiate what I am saying because \"the taste of the pudding is in the eating.\" It is in this Report! The point that I am trying to make is that we have heard from the Mover the story about pending bills and pending bills committees which never seem to come up with any end to this saga of pending bills. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this Report, we have read about private contractors who have been named. We would expect that where it has been established that a person, legal or natural, is found to have committed or engaged in acts that could be criminal, action be taken expeditiously. But who is going to take action and against who? As much as the Committee took so much time and had several sittings, I want to say that they did a very commendable job. I know November 30, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4105 Mr. Ethuro was a Member of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am worried that there may be no enforcement and implementation of these recommendations. I have said that because we have another report coming up, and as we debate on this one, I would have expected someone to be taking notes to acknowledge what happened in the Ministries being discussed, and what action will be taken to ensure that pilferage of public resources does not recur. I know for a fact that as a House, we are making all efforts to ensure that a legal framework is put in place. Early this week, we discussed the Supplies Practitioners Management Bill which, it is hoped, will be able to fast-track the operationalisation of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, which we passed last year but up to date, it has never been implemented. That means that as much as we realised that there was inadequacy in the area of public procurement two years ago and came up with the Bill which is now law, we nevertheless, will take two or more years to address the problems we would cure with the enactment of the law. It is worth noting that, indeed, even for that law to be operationalised, it took the efforts of a Private Member, Dr. Ojiambo, to bring a Bill here so that the law can be operationalised. That shows some lethargy in the Government. The Government is moving slowly. As they say; \"the wheels of justice grind slowly.\" I hope that the wheels of justice in this case, which deal with the issue of procurement in the public sector, will be addressed faster if we are to see an end to this kind of misuse that is captured in this Report. There is no need for me to go into details of the Report, yet there is no one taking notes. Otherwise, this may be a waste of time and I might be speaking to myself. I hope the House will adopt this Report and that the Government will implement the recommendations in the Report. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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