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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "their wealth. This has not helped either. The Constitution itself provides in Article 226(5) that if somebody presides over misuse of funds, the person should be held liable and should make good the laws, whether he remains in office or not. I want to thank the PIC for naming individuals; naming directors and naming Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of those institutions which have been riddled with corruption. I recommend that institutions like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should take up those recommendations by Parliamentary Committees and implement them to the letter so that we set serious precedent for those who will come later as CEOs, so that this country can continue to grow and create wealth for this nation. We have also witnessed corruption in those parastatals in the area of procurement, where prices for both goods and services have always remained high and exorbitant beyond normal market prices. We have also witnessed contract variations; variations that are not within the limits; variations that are intended to loot. I would like to conclude by saying that let this Parliament implement the recommendations given by PIC. On my own, I will be recommending that governments should not be investing in parastatals. They should actually disinvest because it is not the role of government to do business; they are supposed to be service providers. So, I recommend that we should do little business so that we only invest in areas of strategic importance. Institutions like EACC and DPP should take their work seriously; take those reports and implement them accordingly. As I conclude, I think going forward, the appointments of such CEOs and directors should be subjected to serious vetting so that we can get people with good moral standing and who are willing to drive this country forward. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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