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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am a member of this Public Investments Committee. Let me join my colleague in congratulating that Committee and particularly its indefatigable Chairman. One thing that I noted while serving this Committee is that we have so many State corporations in Kenya. Let me quote Prof. Francis Fukuyama on the issue relating to state functions. He said that any rational state has three major functions which can be divided into three categories as follows:- The minimal state functions; those ones which include provision of security for instance. We also have intermediate state functions and activist state functions. Hon. Speaker, a good state should reduce its scope of state functions so that it is able to deliver on the key aspects of a state. Otherwise, if it does activist, intermediate and minimal state functions, it will not be able to deliver on its functions because it will have so much to do. It is on this notion therefore, and as we debate this Report that this country should therefore think about reducing its State corporations. I say that because having gone through so many audit reports of various State corporations, about 55 per cent of those State corporations or so, need to do a lot to ensure that they are doing their core functions well and that they are helping this country. I do not see the rationale of so many of those State corporations. I say that because if we were to reduce some of those corporations for instance, we would concentrate on the key functions of providing security, and we would also save various resources which are being misused presently. Hon. Speaker, of course, I am aware of the fact that we do have some states that have very good and efficient public institutions. I say that because I was a member of the PIC delegation to China where we were able to go to various places. Through PIC, I was able to see a state like China which has very strong institutions where the state does 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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