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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Right now (Rtd.) Justice Mbogholi has made a judgement. There was an arbitration which was determined and KAA was asked to pay over Kshs4 billion. That has never been captured in the contingent liabilities of KAA and nobody knows why. So, it has not been paid or honoured. In the next few days, if you hear somebody has gone to get auctioneers and auction everything at JKIA, you will not be surprised. This is the state of things at JKIA and this is at KAA. Therefore, what we are asking is that if this Report is adopted and implemented both in letter and spirit, the kind of activities that have been taking place at JKIA and MIA will be history. As I conclude, it is one thing for this House to adopt a Report and another to implement its recommendations. Where is the Committee on Implementation? One of the proposals that I will be making as the Chairman of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) is that the Committee on Implementation must be managed by the Members of the Opposition. I expected the reports to be implemented. You do not expect a committee chaired by a Member of the Government to critically look at some of these things. I know you will play a critical role, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Chairpersons of Committees must be allowed to be Members of the House Business Committee (HBC). The Committee on Implementation must be chaired by a Member of Opposition just like PIC and PAC. The majority of Members must come from the Opposition and the leadership must also come from the Opposition so that there is proper accountability. I know that it is because of the elections that out of over 300 Members, we have less than three in the House. In the next few weeks, you might only see the presiding chairperson or the Speaker in the House. These are the realities because everybody wants to have---Whether you lost party primaries or not should not be an issue because right now there is a provision for independent candidates. I want to wish my good brother, my able colleague, the indomitable Hon. Gumbo well. I hope he will be the first Governor to be elected as an independent candidate. I want to ask the people of Siaya not to look at the party. Please, wherever you are, vote for Hon. Gumbo and you will get quality leadership. He is an accountable, transparent, honest, committed, and dedicated Kenyan. Please, do not deny him your vote because of party affiliations. When you become the Governor, Inshaallah, we will be among the first people to pay you a visit. I hope the people of Siaya will elect you. The way you have done it is exceptionally well. In the last Parliament, we were lucky we were in the same Committee as Members of the Energy Committee. I chair PIC and he is also there. We have done commendable work. Therefore, when our time comes to an end, I hope somebody somewhere will appreciate what we have done over the last few years as the chairpersons of the two watchdog Committees. What we have done so far is unprecedented. Finally, I know this is not going to be the last Report because just today, I have tabled the 21st Report. In it, there are reports of over 40 State corporations. I want to take this opportunity to reply and ask the Members to adopt this Report because it will save the taxpayers’ interests, the image of this country and, by extension, allow international investors through direct investments to come and invest at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport because Kenya is strategically located as a very important economic hub within the East African Community. 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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