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    "id": 303865,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr.Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Bill. In supporting I want to first of all congratulate the Minister for this Bill that is almost late in this country. It is never late for a good initiative. I want to start by saying that at the Committee level, and I want to concur with my predecessors, we will want to see a situation whereby the county governments are mainstreamed in the committee. It is because the entire nation today is divided into counties and most of these partnerships will take place in certain counties. It is the counties that are least developed today that would want to engage in this partnership as fast as possible. As such, we would want to see a situation whereby they have a mechanism or channel of mainstreaming their proposals. Having said that, I want to say that this Bill is really a fantastic Bill because in the Second Schedule, you see it outlines all possibilities of engagement that you want to think about under the sun. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is with regret that Kenya after Independence, 50 years down the line we are still where we are, simply because we have always left development to be in the hands of the Government. The world over, all these countries that are developed, the work of the Government is always to create the infrastructure and the condusive environment for the private sector to thrive. It is on this account that we are going to unlock the potential of these countries and also the potential of the various countries. I have had an opportunity to travel outside this country like many other hon. Members. What strikes you is the level of development in those countries. When you make enquiries you are told that this is the work of the private sector that has engaged themselves in the provision of public services. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I once engaged in a conversation with somebody in Turkey and he asked: what is stopping Kenya from outsourcing dialysis services? This is because dialysis is killing a lot of Kenyans. What you understand is that this proposal has been made to several high-flying Government officials but no one takes it up and yet it has the effect of saving lives and reducing the costs. This is simply because there is a bad culture in this country where everybody wants to ask what is in it for them before they ask what is in it for the country. That is why we got stuck with our geothermal potential. We have a huge geothermal potential in this country. The energy cost would be very much affordable in this country if only we opened up our geothermal sector to public private"
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