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    "id": 863038,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It would have been an honour for my Whip to contribute on the same. As per the Standing Orders, the Speaker is always right. I hope that with the few minutes that will remain, you will indulge me on the same. Meanwhile, I note that this is a very proud moment not just for me, but for the entire Committee. I applaud the effort of the Committee Members. I see a number of them in the House. Nothing would have given me more joy and honour than to Chair such an important Committee that has very committed Members of Parliament, including our clerks and the resource team that Parliament has availed to this Committee. As a Committee, we feel that there is need for us to be informed of what is currently happening in most State corporations. We do not want to be used as a rubberstamp in any of the goings-on. That is why when we have an issue like that of KPLC which had been given a clean bill of health, this Committee opted to conduct a special audit on the transformers and tokens. As the Leader of the Majority Party has rightfully put it, there are also issues of KETRACO and Geothermal Development Company. We are now asking the Office of the Auditor-General to come up with a proper cost-benefit analysis. It will show us the financial implications of the delays. Over and above that, we are saying that we will pay a certain percentage on top, but we are now seeking to know the repercussions. If there is no power line that has been built and on this other side there is power which is being generated and being lost, what are the total financial implications on that and who is liable for it? We do not want to be told that since a project has been finished, let us just close our eyes and it goes. We cannot allow Kenya to move in that direction."
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