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    "speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to participate in the prosecution of this very important Motion. At the outset, I would like to thank the Mover of this Motion, our senior, Hon. Shakeel Shabbir. I want him to go ahead and bring some legislative agenda so that we can tighten the law against corruption. First of all, I want to thank the President of this country for taking some bold steps to fight corruption. If you were following the news, today he turned away some members of his Cabinet who arrived at his meeting late. That is a very good gesture. That the President can turn away his team is one way geared towards the fight against corruption. Stealing time by being late is part of being corrupt. It is gloomy in this country. I, therefore, applaud the President for his boldness. I also want to thank him for making a number of changes like digitisation of Government services, which is meant to eliminate the human contact in some operations. That is the way to go. I have been in Government for a long time. Corruption has been fought for too long by previous Governments with no success. Where is the problem? It is clear that we have very good laws in this country. We want to see the reason why we cannot eradicate corruption. I am happy that the fight is now from the top. The political goodwill is there, starting with the President himself. I know we are heading somewhere in the fight against corruption. I also want to applaud those who have been in this country for some time. I also want to applaud the EACC for doing some good work. The EACC has achieved a lot because they have been posting their achievements. I also want to applaud the President for appointing Bishop David Oginde the Chairman of the EACC. With his religious intervention, I am sure this country will move forward. I support the Members who have said that we must make corruption expensive. This is by making sure that those who engage in corruption are made to pay for it dearly. It is the way to go. I am very happy that our Government is moving towards that direction even though the fight is far from over. I want to applaud and support the Members who have said that we have to put in place prevention measures on corruption. One of the areas we need to look into is education, starting from the lower levels of our school system to the highest level. Let our children and the public be educated on matters to do with corruption so that we can move on. We want a mass movement in the fight against corruption in this country. I also want to thank the Mover of this Motion, Mheshimiwa Shakeel Shabbir. We will support you in making better laws than the ones we currently have. I support the Motion."
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