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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other aspect I was also looking at is on Page 7 which has been handled well because we are saying, “high moral character and proven---” I also think we should adopt this as we go along. I was just using this as an example that the director be the chief executive of the agency and shall be responsible--- He should be a citizen of Kenya, have high moral character and proven integrity and an advocate of the High Court. This is the kind of trend that I would like us to take in this kind of matter so that when we are appointing somebody, we really know what we are looking for. Generally, the issue of these crimes in this country, there are so many people who have information but they get scared because of what they hear. Like when we read about the Goldenberg whistleblower who was working at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and what eventually happened to him, it is very scary. I am sure there are a number of Government officers; people in the Civil Service, who know what goes on. They have a lot of information but they cannot give. This is why I highly support this document because all these things that happened, crimes and so on, were planned somewhere. The issues of corruption were planned somewhere and there is somebody who implements. These same people before this Act would not be willing to give evidence for fear of what is going to happen to them. Even the elections – it has been alluded to before here – of 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007 where we ended up having clashes, how they were planned, I think there are many Kenyans who had information about it but they would not give the information. That is why they keep on recurring. So if we have legislation like this in place, I am sure it will help with a number of people coming forward to give information on what has happened."
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