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    "content": "it is important that we ensure that this money that we borrow as Government and a country is borrowed the right way and it will ensure that it does the kind of work that it is supposed to do. If you go through this Report, you will also realize that there is a lot of money which is supposed to be recovered by the Government but this has not been done. It is important that Accounting Officers put in place mechanisms to ensure that what is supposed to be recovered by the Government is recovered so that we minimize the debt that we have as a country. This is important because every single penny that belongs to Kenyans must be accounted for. We must ensure that it is used where it is supposed to be used. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area that I must talk about is procurement. Procurement is an area where this country has lost a lot of money. The system of procurement must ensure that it adheres to the required procedures so that we do not lose money in this area. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about the Government parastatals. It is about time that loss-making parastatals are done away with, so that we remain with only strategic parastatals that we need as a country. We should get rid of parastatals which are a burden to the taxpayer, so that we ease the tax burden of Kenyans. Kenyans are the most highly taxed people in the world. It is about time that as a National Assembly and as a country, we looked at the taxation of our people. We should ensure that whatever taxation is enforced goes directly to the benefit of Kenyans. We must also ensure these taxes are utilized in the best way possible. Finally, once again, I would like to thank the Committee for the good work they have done. I want to ask the other Committees to emulate the good work that has been done by this Committee, so that together, we can make this country a good country. We owe it to ourselves to ensure that this country moves in the right direction. We must ensure that public funds are utilized in the right way. We have been reminded time and again that due to the corruption and the misuse of public funds, this country has remained behind economically. Other countries that we were at par with, at the time of Independence, such as Thailand and Malaysia are now industrialized as we continue to lag behind because of corruption. Those of us who are fortunate to implement policies in this country must continue to lead the fight for the basic reforms which are needed in our society. We must ensure, as the Tenth Parliament, we go down in history as a Parliament which led this country to the right course. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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