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    "id": 683565,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my Vice-Chairman is not used to sitting for very long hours. Today, he will have to bear with us because he knows that responsibilities come with challenges. As we interrogated this, we realised that State enterprises are not properly managed in accordance with our laws. At times, their managements are reduced to interactions between the chairman, the board and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). One unprecedented thing that we noted over the last three years is that a number of State enterprises have acting CEOs. When you are made an acting CEO, and whoever is supposed to confirm you is not sure of your trend in decision making, you become a victim. One of the things we are recommending to the Government is that no State enterprise, institution or corporation should have an acting Chief Executive Officer for more than a month. This issue has been abused. Let the Government appoint substantive CEOs because there are qualified Kenyans who can discharge the functions of Accounting Officers in State corporations. As I conclude, the YEDF, as it is right now, is a shell. We expect the National Treasury and the parent Ministry to move with speed and give Parliament a report that will either validate or enable Parliament to know whether the continued existence and funding of this Fund is in the interest of the taxpayers or not. Where I come from, activities of this youth based enterprise Fund are not felt on the ground. I represent one of the most rural constituencies in the Republic of Kenya. It is high time this organisation, which has been reduced to a cash cow for CEOs and the chairs of the board, translated into a serious organisation that will address the welfare of the many unemployment youth in this country. I take this opportunity to thank the Members of the Committee for their time and patience. I also thank the Speaker, the Clerk and our secretariat, headed by Ms. Susan Maritim, and her colleagues, for the good work they have done. Before I invite my able Vice-Chair to second, I just want to say one thing. This House is not being fair to the taxpayers. If you look at the Order Paper, you will see Reports. The 20th Report of the PIC was tabled before the House on 3rd December 2015. These are audit reports that ought to be prioritised. I wonder what has gone wrong with the 11th Parliament. This is the same thing my colleague, the PAC Chairman, was complaining about. As a Member of the House Business Committee (HBC), I appeal to you that audit reports are not ordinary reports. They should be prioritised and dealt with as a matter of urgency because whatever we are doing right now is inconsistent with our own traditions and practices. Reports of the PAC and the PIC are not ordinary reports. They are critical audit reports. They should have been implemented by now. Therefore, through you, I ask the Chair and the Members of the HBC to prioritise these reports. With those remarks, I beg to move and call upon my able Vice-Chair, Hon. Ichung’wah, to second the Motion."
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