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    "id": 540898,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/540898/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 981,
        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Consequently and in order to offer the country an opportunity to reconstitute the Commission and strengthen the institutional framework in the fight against corruption, I have offered to resign. I thank you and the people of the Republic of Kenya most sincerely for giving me the opportunity to serve in this position.” We underscore and underline the fact that Prof. Jane Onsongo wrote and said: “The fight against corruption cannot be won by a divided Commission.” That this Commission as constituted cannot assist the country in the fight against corruption. In looking at the evidence, we also looked at the report of the Tenth Parliament, the Committee that is a predecessor to our own Committee and we particularly looked at the recommendations at the end of that report. It is also in the bundle of documents that we have attached. The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of the Tenth Parliament, after deliberations on the nominees, found the nominees unsuitable for appointment as members of the EACC. In paragraph 18, the Committee notes that after deliberating on the nominees to the EACC, the nominees lacked passion, initiative and the drive to lead the fight against corruption in this country. The nominees did not demonstrate sufficient interest in the fight against corruption. All the nominees had excellent careers with excellent academic qualifications but lacked the passion to lead the EACC which qualifications could be relevant to other levels. Following the above deliberations, the Committee recommended that the three nominees should not have been appointed. As we looked at the evidence---"
}