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"content": "have waited for too long as many have said and, this time round, it is almost becoming a reality. We are going to realize a new Constitution. We should not be too critical of the CoE for having amended again, the amendments by the PSC. Really, that is the work of the CoE. They have all the history, information, data and what Kenyans want. So, when they made some changes and made their point known to this House, it is only fair that we give attention to those changes and, if possible, adopt them. I think the CoE took a longer time with this document than the PSC. But that will be addressed when we come to details and analyzing the document. I would also like to praise the Presidentâs Speech on improving the business environment through the various legislations that he proposed will come before this House, one of which includes the change of the Companies Act and reforming the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) to bring back the confidence of the public. So, that was important and very timely. But when it comes to the war against corruption, we need to be honest as a country and say that this country has given up hope on the current President to fight corruption. If you listen to many Kenyans, I think we are not expecting any more from the Mzee. I think we should just forget about the war on corruption and wait for change of leadership. But it will depend on whether we will make the right choice to have a President who can take action on corruption. When the current President was elected to office in 2003 and when he was sworn in, people had a lot of hope. Many of us can still remember the celebrations at Uhuru Park. We expected radical changes! There was the Goldenberg issue and we thought that it would not take three months before we saw those people behind bars. A commission was formed headed by Justice Bosire and it came up with a report. I do not know what was done with that report. They were forgotten and, instead, Anglo Leasing came up. Nothing has happened on the perpetrators of Anglo Leasing, even though somebody was paid money and returned part of it. Nothing has been done to date. He is still the current President. We are in the seventh year and I think we are going to the eighth year. He has only two years remaining and we are still bothering him about the fight against corruption. I think we are being unfair to him. We should just forget about it and accept that he cannot lead the war against corruption. That is a big failure on the part of the President. There are other issues that came up like the Laico Regency. The Cockar Report even recommended that the Minister then, and the Governor of Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), should not even hold public offices. But what is happening? That Minister is still in the Cabinet in the current Government! So, to me, the war against corruption is lost with the current regime. We need a change of regime! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to two Ministries - the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture - the maize and the Free Primary Education scandals are just additions to what we have been talking about. I cannot put it better than what Mr. Khaniri said. When the President comes and tells us there that there are institutions that will fight corruption, and those institutions have been with us here for a long time, and corruption is increasing instead of reducing, do we have to take the President seriously? That, to me, is mere rhetoric and the earlier we realize that the better for us as a country. We should not stress ourselves thinking about corruption and we know it cannot be fought by the current system."
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