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    "id": 808856,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " I had given an indication earlier than the Leader of the Majority Party. I also support this Petition. As Hon. Wandayi has said, the reason we form parastatals is to make lives of Kenyans better and not to risk them. If we were a civilized country as we claim, if a parastatal contributes to loss of life due to carelessness, recklessness and negligence of what they are supposed to do, the Managing Director of that company would have resigned. Because we are Kenya, you will find that they want it to appear like it was natural calamity. What happened in Tana River and Garissa counties was not natural calamities. It was the work of public servants who are given the responsibility of doing a job and they failed to do it. So, this is not just unique to KenGen. Public institutions in this country need to be careful. As I sit, I want to tell the House that even where I come from, there is the Ruma National Park. Because of the activities of those who are given the responsibility of protecting the park, they do not see the need to make sure that, that park is free of the tsetse fly menace. You will find that my constituents and those of neighbouring constituencies lose livestock and even life because of tsetse flies. Tsetse flies are dangerous to human life. Until when will we ask those in charge of our public institutions to know that their single-most important responsibility is to protect lives and property of the people of Kenya? It is not to make profit. They are not formed to make profit. In fact, we would even finance KenGen further if they are incurring losses for protecting the lives of Kenyans. Most of these public institutions are driven by profit-making instead of service to the society. I hope the Committee will take this matter seriously. Thank you."
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