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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would also wish to make a small contribution to this Bill because it is not a very long one. Investments and partnerships with private and public entities are very important and crucial. This is especially at a time when our country and counties are facing serious crisis on matters of management of the little resources we invest in them. It is high time we had a law that would cater for proper partnership. If you look at a few entities which already have PPP, you will find them making good money, the management is good and the way they are investing is good. You will also realize that they do not make high losses and do not have laxity on employees. They pay good money and there is low rate of corruption in those entities. I believe that this Bill will cure some of the problems that we have in our public institutions. I also believe that a lot of attention should be paid to county governments because possibly those who are there right now and may be the aspiring candidates may not be having the right or proper managerial skills to ensure that there is proper running of those institutions. The PPP will ensure that good or serious management are devolved to those units. Hon. Speaker, if we can have a situation where most of the parastatals are owned privately in joint partnership with the Government, it will ensure that there is proper management. You will realise that we have had very many parastatals in this country which have collapsed. Some parastatals are still asking for money from the Government instead of making their own money to run their activities. This is because of poor management. There is this belief that when an entity is public, people would think it is theirs at that time when they are appointed to those positions to “eat” from it. This is unlike in private entities where people actually know that the business entity must be properly managed so that it can make profit. Hon. Speaker, if I was to be asked which areas the Government can have serious partnership, I would point at the parastatals and counties. Counties have very many resources and opportunities. If they engaged private partners, they would make good progress. I look at my county as a very prospective county even though it is not making serious progress right now. I believe that in future it will make serious progress when we get the right people in those positions. Those are people who can negotiate with both The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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