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    "id": 859081,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/859081/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " I can assure Parliament that we shall act accordingly. In fact, you realise that this country has gone to the dogs when you look at this Report. It is not a new thing. I think what this country needs is an overhaul of the systems in terms of the way things are done. When you look at State corporations, why do you think we are in such a quagmire? It is because we have tribalised them; we no longer look at quality and qualifications but ethnicity of the people we put in place. When you look at these corporations, you will find that the chairman is from one community and the CEO from the same community. It is becoming a trend. As the Chairman said, I think it is time we professionalised such corporations. We saw a very laughable thing in Narok the other day. Goats were sold to buy the people of Narok the so-called NHIF Cards. I wonder why that was happening because in Narok people are very rich. Where do those goats go to? There is something that is very fishy. The worst thing we are doing is politicising corporations and especially health-related institutions. If such things are to be done, let it be by not only the NHIF but the line ministry; not by political or party elements. The Chairman has spoken on behalf of the Committee. When you look at the procurement of services and goods, you will realize that that is where the whole problem is. People who are not qualified to construct buildings, silos and anything are given priority to do it and yet they are not qualified. We have seen the issue of maize. It is a very embarrassing thing to this country. Twenty people only are paid billions of shillings and yet the poor farmers go unpaid. It has affected all of us in the country. We have been relying on the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to take our wheat and maize. The Kenya Meat Commission is dead and the people are suffering as a result. I think the first thing the President should do is to fill those positions with the right people. Secondly, the people who have mismanaged these corporations should not be let to go scot-free. You would cry because private profiteers were the ones who killed the industry so that those factories can be grabbed. I think we need to contain grabbing if anything is to succeed in this country. We have talked about title deeds. In fact few years ago, NSSF was a choice for purchase of prime land in this country. People were making a killing and were overpricing and getting commissions. In the process NSSF was suffering because of that. That is why the poor people who have retired are not benefiting from the investments. I can tell this country one thing: We were so far in 1963 up to 1978, but after that we went down. We picked up during Kibaki’s Government, but we are now going down so fast and so badly that I do not know what to say of this country. I can only appeal to the leadership especially the youth. This is your country, if you do not fight for your rights now and if you do not fight for welfare of this country, if you do not own these corporations, there is nothing anybody else can do. 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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