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    "id": 718437,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon (Ms.) Sunjeev",
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        "legal_name": "Sunjeev Kour Birdi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me just reiterate that privatisation in any economy is like a big boost. In countries like the United States of America, we have privatisation of drinking water companies from one state to another. That is the level at which the western world has taken privatisation. We also find a general tendency of the private industry to have a whet appetite to get funds into the economies where they know that there is potential for their investment to increase. That is what we are, as Kenya, offering to people out there. Just before me, the example of Pan Paper was highlighted. I must say that the investment input was actually Kshs100 million above the Ksh900 million. So, it was actually Kshs1 billion because Kshs900 million plus Kshs100 million becomes Kshs1 billion, which is exceptional. It brings a lot of jobs to the table and there will be a positive change in the economy in the area. Yesterday, I mentioned something and I will reiterate it; that I really wish at some point, counties could be held accountable and they could be in competition with one another so that the persons who are actually behind the counties, the governors, are actually held accountable for the way they are utilising funds. Because a lot of funding goes into our counties, it is about time we judged our counties in all matters. This Bill also brings a cleanup and I will cite examples. Recently, we went to the Ministry of Mining where we observed that the technology of making tiles was actually shown to us through the offices of the Ministry of Mining. Some local clever businessmen went ahead and borrowed the technology and moved on and they have multiplied their businesses three times. Whereas our government organisations are lagging behind, in the case of the Ministry of Mining, 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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