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    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. Corruption is one of the greatest threats to any economic and human development in any country in the world. Any legislative house in the world - whether it is our Kenyan Parliament, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) or the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) - must come up with pieces of law or conventional treaties which can be used to tame corruption for the purpose of posterity of our society. This House has a big responsibility to ensure that we give our judicial system or justice administrative system pieces of law which are not vague and ambiguous, or leave grey areas. This will ensure that anybody or institution which is corrupt is taken care of in the most efficient and effective way. It will also ensure that public resources that are committed to some of these institutions are used properly. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we have the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act of 2003, which is 20 years old. It is time for this piece of law to be reviewed, so that we can assess the successes it has achieved. It was enacted before the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Therefore, you realise that there are sections of that Act of Parliament, as well as some definitions, which are not present - which can be the guiding pillars to our justice administration in fighting corruption. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we must make the consequence of partaking in this vice very painful to deter any person from getting involved in it. It must be made very painful. That is why today we are happy that the President of the Republic of Kenya is committed to fighting corruption. However, we have to give the President, the Government and the judicial system pieces of law which will help in the fight against corruption. Any effort, whether it is coming from the United Nations Convention Against Corruption or from this House, so long as that piece of law is aimed at fighting corruption, must be tailored in a manner that is going to make corruption a very painful undertaking. As we say, for those who will be corrupt in this Government, we will encourage those in authority to hang them on the tallest tree at Uhuru Park. With those remarks, I support the Motion."
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