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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "It is a true fact; it is not something that I have created. The advert was there. It was placed in the newspapers and we wonder why it dawned on somebody to think of that particular aspect. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the policy of the Ministry to have properties abroad is a noble idea. But just like in the 1990s when our parastatals were used - you all recall because all of us must have been in Kenya then - as cash cows. This particular policy of acquiring properties abroad, I am sorry to say, has again been used in a similar way, just like some of our parastatals like the NHIF, NSSF and a number of key Government institutions were used in the 1990s. We know that up to today, there are queries in the name of some of these parastatals that cannot be used for anything other than the purpose they were intended for. What we did as a Committee is that, we looked at the policy. One thing that we realized was that, where there was an attempt to purchase, there was a deliberate attempt to over-value. Where there was an attempt to sell, there was a deliberate attempt to under- value. Where there was an attempt to construct, there was a deliberate attempt to vary and this is what we will be demonstrating. All these would not have been happening if there was no connivance between the senior Ministry officials and some of the players who are in different parts of the world in different areas that we visited. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the challenges we face as the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations is that, we have to do oversight on 52 missions in different continents. I know your Office has been very kind. Right now there are challenges; not only on the areas that we have visited. Early this year, this same Parliament passed a report that we prepared on our Mission in London, Turkey and Ireland. I am proud to say that that report was adopted by Parliament and as a result of the issues that we handled directly, the crisis that bedeviled our mission in London has been resolved as a result of our involvement. We will need and I am appealing on behalf of hon. Members for your continuous support, so that within the next five years, we can reach or at least visit half of our missions abroad. I believe we will have inculcated and contributed positively to the mission employees and we will have also enhanced Parliamentary diplomacy because it is one key component in this modern era."
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