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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "corruption. My fear is that we have had a number of missed opportunities over the last 50 years since we got our Independence. If we do not pull up our socks, I fear the same trend that ensured that we remained an undeveloped nation or a struggling member of the Third World will still remain rampant. These issues must be confronted. It requires courage. It is not something that somebody who wants to operate from an area of comfort can easily do. It requires courage and a lot of determination. I want to plead with Members of the House that these reports are critical. Our forefathers, in attempting to come up with these two critical investigatory committees of PIC and PAC, had an idea of what they wanted. Those ideas must still remain alive. You know positions change. I remember one of the CEOs who appeared before PIC on Thursday was a former Chairman of the Committee. The same person was a Minister and a Member of Parliament. Going through some of the things that we felt were prudent for the Committee, the CEO was somehow lost on what we expected the Committee to achieve with the interaction we were having with him. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to appeal to the House Business Committee (HBC): We have two investigatory committees of PAC and PIC whose reports should be prioritized. These are the two key oversight committees that deal with audit issues. It is, therefore, only fair that their reports are prioritized. I want to plead with the House, especially the leadership of the House that we have about four Reports of PIC pending, including the one that we have tabled today. There are reports on the privatisation of Telkom Kenya and the Kenya Oil Refineries, on the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) office block, on the Tassia Project by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and on the procurement of consultancy services by the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC). All those Reports address critical investment issues pertaining to those particular entities. It is my prayer that those Reports are fast-tracked so that the taxpayers can get value for their money. With those remarks, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Members. I know today was a very interesting and busy day. I want to wind up by saying thank you. I beg to move. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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