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    "id": 507784,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Sunjeev",
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        "legal_name": "Sunjeev Kour Birdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I would like to start by thanking the Committee for this Report. I must reiterate that this Report is very voluminous. As hon. Keynan mentioned last week, they churned out a total of 127 reports or thereabout; this was more than what they did in the last term. I think in the last term they did around 38 reports. Upon going through these reports, I was dumbfounded because I found that in some reports--- In particular I can mention the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the Water Trust Board and the Safaricom reports. These reports are really serious and they are very concise. I was wondering whether the Committee was in a hurry to just put everything in a concise manner. Did they have short time or, were they not able to do the investigation as thoroughly as they were expected to do? I also noted that some of these reports were backdated to 2008, and that raises a serious concern of backlog that we are facing as a House. I think it is something that we need to look into. Hon. Speaker, out of all these reports, what comes out very seriously for our country is the level of incompetence, non-transparency and corruption that is going on in the sectors. It is a very big shame because some of these people who might have been directors, board members or Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) at that time might have passed on. Some of them are not answerable and it is really sad that we are not able to bring these people to account. The Report is mentioning names of certain people and that these people should be investigated. We do not know how far these reports have gone and so I feel that this Report is full of words. It does not bring out the real issues and I suppose this is what needs to be addressed, if a Committee wants to bring out reports in future. With that hon. Speaker, I would like to say thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I urge that the Committee takes my notes into consideration. Thank you very much."
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