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    "id": 789344,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/789344/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2611,
        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to support this Bill. This is a move in the right direction considering the challenges we have had as a country. We know we cannot have all the money that we need to do the development that our people need. Therefore, there is need for us to have this kind of an arrangement where private institutions can partner with us to make a difference and to make our people live more decent lives. However, from experience, if we do not manage it well, the PPP will also be another cash cow. Experience has shown that the leadership can easily take advantage of this and convert it into a cash cow to the detriment of the people we are meant to serve. I speak this from a background of information that I have. There are very few success stories in the PPPs that we have had so far. Most examples that we have were initiated with the idea of stealing money - for lack of a better way to put it - from the public. There will be need for us to have a stronger assessment and impact on this arrangement. We need to have oversight of county governments and the national Government to ensure that whatever PPP has is what is needed by the public and will enhance the quality of their lives. Take an example of Kisii where we naturally grow bananas. You get the county government has priorities which are different from what the public expect. I am sure most people have been to Kisii. The biggest challenge we have in that part of the world is land. Getting a piece of land is such a very expensive exercise in Kisii. We only have one forest and the county government, for lack of a better way to put it, have their priorities wrong. They are putting up a sugar factory yet we have many examples in the country where sugar factories are closing down not because they want to, but because they cannot have enough supply of sugarcane. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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