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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Emurua Dikirr will also be coming back as a Member of the National Assembly. We will meet again. I wish to thank the Chairman of the PIC, a Committee that I respect. We sit together and work together regardless of party affiliations. This is the only Committee I felt comfortable serving in because we were not coerced when carrying out our duties. We would discuss matters, deal with them and dispose of them. There was no arm-twisting either from State House or the Capitol Hill. We did our job as is required by law. I must thank the Chairman because this is the last Report we are dispensing with as Members of the 11th Parliament. My Chairman is now in Jubilee and I do not know whether he will a Chairman in the next Parliament. He is coming back and I do not know whether Jubilee will be in the Opposition so that he could remain a Chairman. I would wish to serve under him, but of course, we are praying for every other competitor. We are praying for either Jubilee or NASA to win because after all, we are all Kenyans. I must thank the Chairman for his splendid work. He served as the Chairman without partisanship. We also served diligently as Members. I can see the Chairman is sitting with my great friend from Narok, Korei ole Lemein, who I am also wishing well that he comes back to this House. I must thank all the Members that I sat together with to deliberate important issues. We looked at audit reports from several parastatals. You acknowledge that PIC is equal to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which focusses on ministries. The PIC deals with parastatals. As you know, we have so many parastatals in this country. When we come back, we need to re- look into the composition of our parastatals and how they are run. In this 21st Report, we looked at 41 parastatals and came up with recommendations. Among the issues which came up is the question of non-remittance of statutory deductions. It is affecting almost all the parastatals and so, it is something that needs to be addressed seriously. The other issue which obviously was a thorn in the flesh is the question of land. Remember land in this country has been exaggerated to a level that people will kill to get even one-quarter of an acre especially in Nairobi. I do not know whether this country will one day address the question of land. In my view, a situation should be created where land is devalued. Competition for land in this country is alarming. The rate at which people compete to get land is very alarming. A situation should be created where land is devalued in order to allow for development. That way, we will prosper. Most parastatals’ parcels of land have been grabbed by people who are serving in the Government or by private developers. As my colleague said, appointment of managing directors (MDs) and directors to serve in parastatals is done by the State. People who are appointed to these positions are those who lost in elections or helped the Government of the day in one way or the other to win elections. They occupy these positions not by virtue of qualifications, but because they played a certain role during campaigns. For that reason, they are easily influenced by the State. They are people who when approached by Government operatives to surrender certain things, especially land, they would not resist because they are appointees of the State. On the issue of land, we must strive to recover land that has been grabbed land and revert it to the rightful owners, namely, parastatals. Many land cases have lasted several years in court and there is no hope of returning the land back to the parastatals. The heads of these parastatals do not wish or do not want to push to get back their land, either because they collude with the people who grabbed those pieces of land or probably, the court itself is reluctant to settle the matters once and for all."
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