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    "id": 1124769,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I notice that my brother, Sen. Cherargei is in awe and wonder about Kondele. I am not talking about the incident that took place in Kondele last week. The real Kondele is the one that you have not seen yet. Wait until the time comes. Kondele is the home of one legendary person called Ondele. Kondele is Kisumu is equivalent to another place in Migori called Posta; that place that was never visited. I hope that the bad spirits will not cause trouble and turmoil in such places. This is Kenya and it is one country for all of us so we should not pull it down. What gives encouragement to people who are hell bent on pilfering and taking away our resources is that fact that they can do it and get away with it. Some people may choose to call it impunity but realists will tell you that if you are able to commit a crime, get away with it and display the proceeds of crime out there, then crime becomes a rewarding profession. The young people of today and the future will wish that they learnt the trickery and skill to commit crime and get away with it. This is a crime that has come to this House for scrutiny. It has also gone to our sister House for scrutiny. It has caught the attention and ears of the President for scrutiny yet the suspected criminals are traversing this nation and displaying their wealth and resources out there. What will our children who study, pass fourth form, go to university and emerge with first class honours and are unemployed think of? They will think that going to university, passing your exams and being a boda boda rider does not pay. They will think that being a criminal you can get away with a crime in spite of the fact that the President claims to be offended at that crime. That the Senate, including Sen. Olekina can debate and nobody cares. Whether Sen. Olekina has debated the matter, Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko from Migori can also say so and they get away with such crime, then the young people of today and tomorrow will put school aside and disregard degrees with first class honours or otherwise and learn how to commit crime. That will be the time that this nation will fall to pieces. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, many people are appointed to office, have a pen, signature and key that can take away billions of shillings but they do not steal those monies because they believe that doing so will be a crime for which they will be caught and made answerable. This wonderful report is before this House which is pointing towards people whose names are there. They are Kenyans who we know and they are suspected of stealing money that belongs to us and nothing is being done. Are we not as a nation wasting time setting up offices such as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)? We give the officers at the DCI guns, equipment to help unravel fingerprints and ability to read documents that we cannot read? Are we not as a nation wasting time constituting a body like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC); legislating and fortifying resources given to them? What are we doing with those institutions when names are here and not a single one of them has been invited to unbundle the suspicion that we have about the utilization of funds? Not a single name has been invited to unbundle the suspicion that we have about the utilization of the funds. Reports are only good if they are acted on. Reports amount to nothing if those being reported to and those who make such reports do not feel that the reports deserve action. If you read the news in the print and electronic media, it is no longer reported on"
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