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    "content": "of Local Government. So, that report itself was premature. It is not like the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Report, upon which I acted. Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Baiya has just given information, that leaders are corrupt. I agree, but it is not only leaders who are corrupt. There are other people who are also corrupt in this country. Corruption started after Independence; I mean, mega corruption. They say that, actually, corruption exists virtually in all societies. It is only what action is taken about it when it is discovered that differs from country to country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember that before Independence, there was a big scandal in the City Council that implicated the then City Engineer; he was a Mzungu . When the matter came to light, that Mzungu was so ashamed that he went to a railway line leading to western Kenya just after Uhuru Highway near Bunyala Road. There is a tunnel there and that Mzungu went and lay under there and he was crushed by the train because of the shame. He committed suicide because he could not stand the shame. But, Mr. Speaker, Sir, after Independence, tendencies developed. First, it was Mr. Five Per Cent; then we went to Mr. Ten Per Cent. There was a Minister in this country who was known as Mr. Ten Per Cent. I do not want to name him. May his soul rest in peace. But one American who had come to do business in this country at around that time, after he had an encounter with that Minister, he came to see me. That was soon after the Spiro Agnew Scandals in the United States. Spiro Agnew was a Vice President to President Nixon. He was forced to resign because of the corruption scandals he had committed when he was a governor. So, this Mzungu told me; “Look things are happening in this country that would make Mr. Spiro Agnew look like a school boy.” I asked him why, and he said; “Because this Minister acts like I own the projects I want to bring here. He wants to know how many employment opportunities are going to be created, the foreign exchange earnings and foreign exchange savings and so on. He told me; “I will do everything you tell me as long as you give me 10 per cent.” That Minister was known as “Mr. Ten Per Cent.” So, it started then and moved on until it went to 20 per cent, 30 per cent, 50 per cent and now, 120 per cent!"
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