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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "economic hub, a diplomatic hub, a humanitarian hub, a security hub and a tourism hub. Who is going to address those issues? It is us the leaders. Unless we bring those incidences of corruption, abuse of offices and wastages to an end, whatever good things we can say, on the face of it, we will just remain a “paper tiger”. For those of us who have had an opportunity to visit Malaysia--- If you visit Malaysia – and I want to urge many hon. Members to visit Malaysia - if you talk about public investment; if you talk about public accounts; if you talk about benchmarking, what they will do is go back to the archives and give you a paper that they borrowed from Kenya in the 1980s. They are very diplomatic. They will tell you that it is theirs but they will say: “Do you know at one time we have had very brilliant economists in Kenya and this is what we borrowed?” You will be ashamed. If you go to Uganda today; if you go to Botswana or if you go to Ghana, some of the best brains being used by those countries are Kenyans. I do not know whether many hon. Members know that some of the best technocrats in Botswana are Kenyans. The best technocrats, the best architects and the best BSCs are Kenyans. If you go to South Africa today, almost half of the universities are being headed by Kenyan professors. If you go to United Kingdom, it is the same. Why is the same not functioning at home here? It is simply because either we are not giving them incentives or we are engaged in a state of deceptive culture. That is why we cannot be an ever-complaining nation. Those issues must be addressed. I want to urge all the hon. Members here to stand firm, remain united and face the evils affecting this country. That is the only way we can be proud Kenyans. The other issue was the arbitrary directives that we used to call “road-side directives”. One of the institutions affected here was the Kenya Pipeline Corporation in their pursuit of having their headquarters. It is a State corporation and yet, the Permanent Secretary (PS) in charge of that Ministry gave an arbitrary directive that flouted the very basic procurement rule. One of the recommendations of PIC in the 17th Report is to investigate the circumstances under which the PS interfered with the workings of an independent State corporation. The other recommendation is that another State corporation usurped its powers and did not use its mandate properly. The staff paid themselves allowances. Those corporations are listed and, therefore, the recommendation is that the Chief Executive Officer of that particular corporation should also be held accountable. Another highlight of this Report is how the Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) has been managed. KFS is one of the key infrastructural hub that links the South Coast with the North Coast. The management has been very poor. Some of the recommendations here are that, that institution has not been managed well and, therefore, the management of KFS should re-invest and ensure that we have a viable institution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this 17th Report is talking about investments in land. You realise that many corporations were buying land beyond their means. This was one of the avenues of corruption either to enrich a cartel or ensure that land belonging to public entity is sold at a throw-away price. I think this is no more but the practice has been there and that is why it is being reported. The other issue is that a key institution in the health sector like Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) has had issues with its own land. Therefore, the recommendation is that some of the pieces of land that have been grabbed from that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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