Exhibit 24(a)

To the Board of Directors
General Electric Capital Corporation

      We consent to incorporation by reference in the Prospectus  Supplement for
FGIC Securities  Purchase,  Inc.  relating to the $180,000,000  principal amount
plus interest  Liquidity  Facility in support of  Massachusetts  Water Resources
Authority  Multi-Modal  Subordinated  $95,000,000  General  Revenue Bonds,  2001
Series A and $85,000,000  General Revenue Bonds,  2001 Series B (the "Prospectus
Supplement")  of our report dated  February 2, 2001 relating to the statement of
financial  position of General  Electric  Capital  Corporation and  consolidated
affiliates  as of December  31, 2000 and 1999,  and the  related  statements  of
earnings,  changes in share owners'  equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the  three-year  period ended  December 31, 2000,  and the related  schedule,
which  report  appears in the  December  31, 2000 annual  report on Form 10-K of
General Electric Capital Corporation.

      We also consent to the  reference to our firm under the heading  "Experts"
in the Prospectus Supplement.

                                       KPMG LLP

Stamford, Connecticut
September 19, 2001