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    "content": "I resume. At this stage, that exercise is an obligation of the Kenya Airports Authority and/or the relevant state department, which are expected to thereafter apprise the House on the progress of the initiative through the said Departmental Committee. Hon, Members, let me now turn my focus to the second issue requiring my determination, namely, whether or not the proposed PIIP between the Kenya Airports Authority and Kenya Airways is a matter under the purview of Public Investments Committee or Departmental Committees. In doing so, permit me to refer the House to the ruling made by the Speaker on 5th December, 2013. Then, as now, the question arose, in similar framing, as to the delineation of the mandates of the watchdog committees of the House, namely the Public Investments and the Public Accounts Committees on the one hand, and Departmental Committees on the other. In total, the Speaker then guided that, indeed, the mandates of Departmental Committees were clearly distinct from those of the Public Accounts Committee and the Public Investments Committee. As a matter of fact, PAC or PIC ought not to delve into such matters as review of legislation, vetting of appointments and matters of administration of ministries or State corporations. This finding was on the basis of Standing Orders 205 and 206, which preclude the Public Investments Committee from examining matters of day-to-day administration of State corporations. In the same vein, the Speaker did then caution Departmental Committees from veering into the province of the Public Accounts Committee and the Public Investments Committee, save for the manner contemplated under Standing Order 216. Hon. Members, for avoidance of doubt, the said Standing Order No.216 under Paragraph (5) provides that the functions of a Departmental Committee shall be to:"
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