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    "id": 1123659,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order to seek clarity and ask whether the distinguish Senator from Kakamega is in order by suggesting that we should promote issues of misappropriation of funds. I have heard him say that the KRA should waive all the statutory deductions, which were due to have been submitted by Mumias Sugar Company and that NHIF to do the same. Is the Senator in order to suggest that we suspend the operations of Article 226(5) of the Constitution, which calls for accountability and responsibility? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have to be very careful. When we are in this House, we must promote proper accountability. We cannot justify when certain unscrupulous individuals take over State corporations and run them the way they want, bring down corporations and then we come here, speak to the gallery and say that we want to revive our industries and call for a total disregard of the rule of law. We have to be very careful because this is the same problem which is now happening with Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) where the board is now coming up with a new story disregarding where the problem is. We cannot allow that to happen. We will not be running a Government; this will be in a banana republic. Section 27 of the State Corporations Act sets up a State Corporation Committee which they should look at. When a State corporation is to be dissolved, they have to do the investigation and give recommendations to the President. Therefore, we have to be careful when we come out here to make an argument. Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the distinguished Senator in order to suggest that we should not call for accountability in this country and that we should ask the Government to waive all statutory deductions that are supposed to be submitted? That is a point of order."
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