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    "id": 507875,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K Chege",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiragu Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Report. Before I give my few comments, let me take this opportunity to send condolences to the people of Mandera and, indeed, all the people who have been affected by those senseless killings of the people of Kenya. We stand with the families and friends of the victims. The enemies of this country should know that when something like this happens, Kenya gathers together and becomes much stronger to deal with the enemy. As I stand to support this Report, I would like to say that when you look at the various reports that have been done by PIC, which I am a member, there is something we have found that is consistent over the years. If you track down the theft of public funds in the parastatals, you will find that the way people steal, cover-up and use the resources to make sure that they get into other projects, is the same. When you look at some of the parastatals that have been mentioned by our colleagues, they have been having problems and they have lost money. This nation has been unable to move ahead because of some selfish individuals who think that if they enrich themselves, this country can move forward. However, we know that money cannot buy the future of this nation. It is Kenyans who have the responsibility to make sure that we have a country that has opportunities and those people who do fair work can be fairly rewarded. My colleagues have also mentioned about the theft of public land. I stand here knowing that a lot of public land was stolen in Tigoni area of Limuru. Reports were written but nothing happened. The stolen land has since been converted to other uses and some has been sold. You wonder the exact purpose of us writing reports which nobody takes action on. One way the public has lost money is through projects. Some of the projects that have been undertaken by various parastatals are designed to steal money from the public. The specifications given through the execution of those projects is designed that at the end, the public will not benefit. My colleagues have talked about the Kenya Pipeline Corporation. We know, in the capacity building project, there were installations of what was said to be pumps, which were never commissioned. Even today, we are spending a lot of money again on doing a pipeline. However, nobody speaks of what will be the purpose of those pumps that were once acquired and never commissioned. In fact, we do not know how they will be disposed off, if at all they will. There are a lot of variations on projects which, sometimes, are not necessary. However, they are all aimed at making sure that projects are expensive and that the percentage that people have to give is higher depending on the total value of the money for the project. There are a lot of projects that have stalled. Through stalling of those projects, the public ends up spending a lot of money and losing the services that are intended to be rendered from them. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I can say, for example, there is a road in my constituency and Kikuyu Constituency; the Thogoto-Gikambura-Mutarakwa Road. It is about 30 Kilometres and Kshs.1.4 billion has been spent on that project. Yet, if you go 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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