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    "id": 1034790,
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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues in discussion of this Report. For the first time, I can authoritatively say that corruption has led to the death of many Kenyans. Let us call a spade a spade. All of us sitting here have lost our loved ones. We have lost our friends, our constituents and colleagues because of the corruption that took place at the KEMSA. It is also very sad that today, the frontline health workers lack PPEs. They suffer delayed salaries and they do not get their risk allowances. It is very sad. Above all, even in my county, there is no insurance for frontline health workers. This matter is very serious. On 26th August, the President of the Republic of Kenya, whose legacy is to fight corruption, issued a 21-day directive for the perpetrators of this corruption to be brought to book. Until today, nobody has been taken to court. We are watching and we will watch. We will wait. You can hide your friends, colleagues in the political class or anybody, but I am sure a day will come when those who participated in this “heist” will pay for the crimes they have committed not only against the taxpayers of this country, but also against the many Kenyans who are today in their graves. Hon. Speaker, the matter before us is so serious. This House appropriated Kshs23 billion. Donors like the World Bank, Denmark and USAID paid. Hon. Speaker, KEMSA is the largest recipient of USAID funds in the whole of the African continent. I want to challenge the USA Government. I also want the USA Ambassador in Kenya to listen to me. Even if we want to steal our own money, you must take care of the American taxpayers. Donors, including the World Bank and the Danish Government must ask for value for their money. The USA Government must not sit down. It has its own investigative agencies and I am sure it knows the culprits. A company was formed two weeks after the pandemic broke out called Shop and Buy Limited. When I saw the name, “Shop and Buy” I thought it is a company that sells diapers, presents and such things. I watched the proceedings of the Committee when the CEO of that company appeared before it for grilling. That company belongs to a big fish. That guy was just a face of it. There are many such people. I want to challenge the President, the EACC, and the office of the DCI that they should not be part and parcel of those who, in my own words, “committed genocide” of many Kenyans who are today in their graves. Do not be complacent. Bring those people to book. Hon. Speaker, misappropriation of funds, in this case, has led to deaths. Corruption has led to the death of many people. Over 1,000 health workers have tested positive. A number of key top- notch doctors have died. The matter is so serious that we should not just be talking about this only as a recommendation. Finally, allow me, Hon. Speaker, to say this with regard to the problem we see in our counties, we are going to challenge the Controller of Budget because the money we allocated to counties has gone to waste!"
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