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    "id": 719439,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Privatisation (Amendment) Bill, 2016 be now read a Second Time. By way of introduction, for some time now, the Privatisation Act No.2 of 2005 needed to be reformed in order for that law to be aligned with the new constitutional dispensation. More so, in line with the new dynamism and changes that are taking place in the privatisation of public assets and operations. It is in this line that His Excellency the President, Uhuru Kenyatta, appointed a taskforce on parastatal reforms on 29th July, 2013, which came up with a raft of recommendations which the Government or the Executive is implementing. This Bill has been submitted by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury in line with the proposal announced in the Budget for the 2016/2017 Financial Year. This is one of the Bills that accompanied the Budget that was read by the Cabinet Secretary for the 2016/2017 Financial Year. We must pass this Bill. It should not stay in the House and wait for the next Budget to be read again by the Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary informed the House on 8th June 2016, that the Government is committed to implement parastatal reforms and that the Government Owned Entities Bill is currently before the Cabinet and will be brought before this House. The Government Owned Entities Bill is the one that will deal with the merger and scrapping of many parastatals that the task force report showed are not of any value to the taxpayer. These legislative measures, including the Bill before this House, are a deliberate systematic reform of our State corporations for better governance within Government-owned entities. The Privatisation (Amendment) Bill 2016 which was read the First Time in the House on 19th July, 2016 seeks to amend the Privatisation Act, here referred to as the Act. It addresses, among other issues, the reappointment of serving members of this Commission upon expiry of their first term in office. The key thing this Bill tries to do, and I hope that Members have read that Bill, is to address or seek to amend the Act to address the element of reappointment of the serving members of the Commission upon expiry of their first term in office and the appointment of the members of the Commission. I now seek to highlight the proposed amendments contained in this Bill clause by clause. Clause 2 seeks to amend the definition section of the Act to include the terms “Cabinet Secretary” and “county governments” in order to align the Act to the Constitution. The Privatisation Bill will deal with both levels of government. This Act which was enacted in 2005 before the promulgation of the new Constitution still retains the term “minister”, which is not there now. Therefore, we need to change that to “Cabinet Secretary” and define what a county government is. 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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