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    "id": 696869,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "First, I draw your attention to pages 3 and 4 of this Report. You will realise that we were considering 64 parastatals or State corporations and yet we have almost 300 parastatals in this country. It is very clear that these are too many State corporations. I belong to the school of thought that we need to have fewer Government-based State corporations for obvious reasons. You will realise that out of the 64 corporations, the ones with the unqualified opinion from the Auditor are about 20 per cent. You can imagine wastage of Government resources as a result of directors holding unauthorised meetings so that they can obtain irregular payments in terms of sitting allowances. You will see Government entities holding land they ought not to hold. The land should be for the private sector where it can be used well. From my interactions, as a Member of this committee, I am now more convinced that we need to reduce the size of state. We need to have a smaller state. The first starting point is to reduce the number of State corporations."
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