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    "id": 697961,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/697961/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "This is a critical Bill. I want to encourage Members to look at this Bill critically. I can assure you that if we pass this Bill, some of the State corporations that are going down will start coming up. Parastatals are supposed to have some strategies so that they can be self-sustainable. But we are seeing many corporate organisations going back to the Exchequer for funding. I agree with the Abdikadir Task Force which proposed to narrow down and consolidate parastatals, so that they can be able to sustain themselves. Some parastatals are a liability but, because of political interest, they exist with no value. They cannot even afford to pay allowances to the members of the board when they meet. It is high time His Excellency the President led as an example and implemented the Abdikadir Report. I know it is going to be very difficult because we are going for elections and he wants to please different regions by giving them something small here and there, but after 2017, whoever becomes the President should implement whatever we are going to pass. I am humbly requesting Members to support this Bill. We have talked much and I do not have to say much. I want to stop there and request Members to support the Bill. I second."
}