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    "id": 124072,
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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to support this Bill very emphatically. The reason is that I speak on behalf of the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC). As we debate this matter, our chairperson is in Doha with another one of our hon. Members. They are representing Kenyan Parliamentarians in the debate on the UN convention against corruption. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it has been an embarrassment to sit amongst other states and listen to delegates from many countries that have passed these kinds of laws, when Kenya sits back and speaks about commitment to fighting corruption without putting any laws or legal systems in place that would show this commitment. That is why, on behalf of those Parliamentarians who are in Doha right now, speaking on our behalf, and Members of APNAC, I want to say that this is an issue we have been discussing amongst our caucus. We will have a breakfast meeting next Thursday, and we hope that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, who we are going to support wholeheartedly on this issue, will give audience to the Members of APNAC to give his input on this very important debate. Unfortunately, the countries that surround Kenya have been in turmoil for a while. We are now speaking about Somalia but most recently, there was Sudan. At one time, it was Uganda. So, Kenya has been receiving a lot of this kind of money. Unfortunately for us, we have become kind of used to having this money floating around our systems. It is going to take some sacrifice amongst the Kenyan business fraternity and our leadership to see to it that we do not encourage this kind of practice because it is benefiting us as Kenyans. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to speak again on behalf of Members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). During the recently concluded PAP Session, we debated the issue of Somalia and piracy. We will, of course, condemn piracy and its"
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