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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1565,
        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Back to business, this is the most dangerous Bill that has been brought by this Government to this Parliament. I want to urge colleagues in Parliament that when we debate these Bills we take time to read them, contextualize them and to understand what they seek to achieve. What is being proposed in this Bill, contrary to the submissions and presentations already made, is not to make privatisation of parastatals or bodies in which there is public interest easier instead, what is being proposed in this Bill is that you legislate a way, your role as the representatives of the people in the formation of the Privatisation Commission. I wish Members read the provisions of Clause 4 against the substantive provision sought to be brought now. In fact in Clause 3, the only thing being removed from the current provision is the requirement that when the Cabinet Secretary is to appoint members of the Privatisation Commission, those members must be brought before this House for approval. You want to begin asking why as Members of Parliament, knowing we approve State officers in these critical bodies, would agree so casually to accept a situation where appointment of persons running critical parastatals or public bodies such as Kenya Airways, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Kenya Oil Refineries is done in such a manner. We have an oversight committee in the name of Public Investments Committee. How do you sit there and just agree that the role of Parliament in the appointment of the members of the commission, that is to superintend privatisation, can be undertaken without the intervention of Parliament. That means we are going to have a team of people there determining whether or not we are privatising bodies into which we have budgeted billions without our knowledge and our approval of the team there. The worst is to be found in Clause 5. The provisions ought to be amended. Clause 5 says: 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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