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    "id": 1233994,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": "is telling Kenyans that those who are not making Ksh400 million in such a heist are not as intelligent as he purports to be. This is an insult to the people of Kenya. We have committees in this House that are working on issues that will be sent to EACC for investigation. We encourage all our committees to do what we did when I was the Vice- Chairperson of the Public Investments Committee (PIC). When we were done with the investigations on the theft of Ksh180 million at the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), we made recommendations and forwarded them to EACC. The EACC picked up that matter, investigated and charged those involved. I commend EACC because they moved with speed and charged people in court. It was unfortunate that those charged lost their lives. May the Lord rest their souls in peace as much as they had stolen from Kenyans! Nonetheless, EACC did its work. I challenge EACC to keep tabs with what is happening in the watchdog committees of this House. I encourage them to second EACC officers to the watchdog committees that work on investigative matters that touch on the loss of public funds. This will help EACC save time when they begin their own investigations as they will not be reinventing the wheel. The officers can collect a lot of information from these committees when Members are interrogating witnesses and other people who appear before them. We should not see this kind of impunity where people loot dry our coffers and bask in the glory of newspaper headlines telling us how intelligent they are. A time will come when such people will be held to account. I want to believe that this Commission, under the stewardship of Bishop Oginde, will do its work to ensure that we encourage Kenyans, right from schools… There was a time when we learned ethics in school. I am not sure whether this is part of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) today. However, I am happy that in his interview, the Bishop dwelt a lot on ethics. We need an ethical society where corruption is not seen a fashionable thing. Corruption is something that even your children should frown upon and not cheer you if you are found corrupt. Hon. Speaker, with that, I support."
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