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    "id": 542515,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Attorney-General and other relevant recognised institutions. We are saying they must participate. Any process that does not take into account the provisions of the Privatisation Act, the role of the Office of the Auditor-General, the role of the Chief Government Legal Advisor who is the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya, the role of the Inspectorate of State Corporations, is a nullity and must be declared void. The reason we fund these agencies is to allow them oversee some of these processes. Why do we have a fully fledged Privatisation Commission? Why do we have a fully fledged Communication Commission of Kenya? Why do we have a whole department called “Office of the Chief Government Legal Advisor”? Why do we have an independent office called “Office of the Auditor General” (AG)? These offices are expected to provide services and oversight on behalf of the taxpayers whom we represent in this House. Any future privatisations must allow these entities to play their rightful roles. Equally, we are recommending that any future engagement between the Government of Kenya and firms for instance with Telkom, Orange South Africa and Orange East Africa should be scrutinised thoroughly. In this era of globalisation, the global village and fate, you cannot just allow brand names. You know you can fictitiously say you are called so and so who ventures in anything and later on people realise that the name and your activities do not match. It will be too late and you will have done a lot of damage. This is why we are saying can we ascertain whether the names “France Telecom,” “The Orange participants”, others called “SA” or “East Africa” and “Orange East Africa” which were involved in this process are genuine? We need to be made to understand what these names represent and whose interest they represent. This is one thing we are asking the Government to be careful – be careful with these names when you see them in any future privatisation process. We are also recommending that the Government should relook into the policy of privatisation of key and strategic public investments with a view to ensuring that due diligence is properly carried out and that public interest is fully protected at all times. We have seen so many privatisations. The latest one is of the Kenya Wine Agencies (KWA). Recently, my Committee had an opportunity to look at the entire privatisation process. We are not persuaded and we will be bringing a report very soon on how the entire privatisation of KWA was predetermined by an entity that had an interest and you will be shocked. It is the latest privatisation that took place. Why do we engage in a privatisation that is not meant to benefit the taxpayers? This is why we are recommending that we do not need to privatise some of the key institutions. These are national assets belonging to our children and every Kenyan. It is not fair when we allow few crooks to sit and operate under their tables as they exchange gifts and other benefits and purport to give our national heritage to entities and individuals whose origin, whereabouts and location is suspect. This is something we cannot expect in this modern Kenya."
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