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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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    "content": "people who have plundered this country. If we sit in this Committee and House looking at the audited reports and then nothing happens to these people, this country will blame us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I still insist that we must have, for the first time, companies that we are going to blacklist. We need to shame the people who will be forwarded to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. Names need to be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for serious investigations. I wish to see EACC functioning. It is unfortunate that we do not even have a commission in place, we only have the secretariat. We do not know whether the secretariat is strong enough to bring these people to book. We also have a DPP who is being fought left, right and centre to the extent that some of them are scared even to deal with matters that are referred to them. In the same way, the EACC was fought until they had to leave office. We are expecting this country to move in the right direction. I wish the Chairman of this Committee and this House would make serious recommendations that would put the parastatals on their toes so that we can move forward. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we looked at many issues, but those are the ones I have highlighted. Most of the concerns that we encountered were on financial constraints. In most of the companies and parastatals that are run by this Government, CEOs mismanage funds. Another issue which came up and we thought it was one of the major concerns was land; land which was acquired illegally either by the parastatals or individuals. Most of the land in areas like ADC has been grabbed. People have taken away most of it. Most of the land belonging to the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has also been acquired illegally by several individuals. I wish to say that when we are making recommendations, we must ensure that we put the management of various parastatals on their toes so that we can move forward and help this country move forward. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to take a lot of time because I know there are friends in this House who would want to make serious contributions. I just want to end by saying that when we talk about money that has been stolen in this country, no one should be silenced. Whether you are in the Opposition or on the other side, no one should be silenced. I have heard a politician going round telling people: “Although you did not vote for us, we will still help you.” How are you helping us? This is taxpayers’ money. When it comes to maters of taxpayers paying taxes, it is across the country. It does not matter whether you are in Government or not, you pay taxes. When it comes to spending that money, it must be spent equally across the country. I wish to support. Thank you."
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