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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, those disruptions in such an important Bill are not helpful. If you look at the history of our country, almost all filthy rich people in this country have been public servants; sitting in public offices doing personal work. Every time there is an agreement between the Government and a foreign entity, the benefits flow to individuals. We must seal these loopholes so that counties can become focal points of growth. I am so happy about this Bill because we want to allow, and the law now allows that if Bungoma County wants to engage a German entity to tarmac their roads and commit payment for the next five years, they can do so provided there is concurrence from the PPP unit that must have representation from the counties. In fact, our Committee has recommended that we reduce the representation by the national Government to a level where it is almost at parity with the representation from the Council of Governors. There is also a provision that where the CoG lacks expertise, they can hire a qualified professional to represent them in these transactions. Which means that where you need a qualified financial analyst, engineers, architects, assessors, and actuaries, you can hire them as transaction advisers. So that at the end of day, the bottom line is value for money and benefit to the people of this country. Mr. Speaker Sir, I urge hon. Members that this Bill, apart from allocation of resources that we pass year in, year out, opens up an enormous potential. Now, the City County of Nairobi can now enter into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to clean up our city, get the eyesore of Dandora Dumpsite out of our way, clean Nairobi River and make it clean to the extent of being navigable by recreational groupings and so on. So, this Bill portents very good tidings for the growth and expansion under the benefits of devolution that we so much defend and represent in this House. I beg to support, Mr. Speaker Sir."
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