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    "id": 1106293,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1106293/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "is far from it. I mean, we have seen people with all sorts of clearances still turning out to be crooks and siphoning monies from their would be employers or from their employers. So, I am not convinced that these documents are helping in any way. At the moment, we are grappling with unemployment, which is really a catastrophe. It is a time bomb anywhere in the world, but more specifically in this country. Our President, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, has admitted that our country is losing Kshs 2 billion to crooks in the name of corruption every day. Every single day, this country is losing Kshs 2 billion. We know where Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta sits, I have no authority to doubt that kind of statistics. You can imagine how many youths or the unemployed populace would access jobs as a result of Kshs2 billion. It reminds me of Singapore. When they were confronted with the biggest challenge of turning their country around after they left Malaysia to become independent, their first leader, Lee Kuan Yew, called his Cabinet and asked, “What should we do in order to turn this country around?” They looked at certain proposals and carried out a comprehensive introspection of all the things they set to do, some of which included making Singapore a digital hub for the entire world and the best financial custody. The best banks in the world are found in Singapore. Many people around the world, including crooks who are in the trade of siphoning money abroad, keep their monies in Singapore. Another thing they looked at is how to ensure that corruption did not form part and parcel of their day-to-day interactions and transactions. They stopped that. Today, Singapore has one of the greatest Gross Domestic Products (GDPs) in the world. It has over 26 people owning up to US$30 billion in terms of businesses and wealth; and over 3,000 people with over US$30 million in their accounts. That is a decision that only a government can make. A time comes when a nation also has to step back, reflect, retool and ask themselves fundamental questions on the direction they want to take as a country. That is what Singapore did. That can also be done here."
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