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    "id": 129489,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Labour",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 196,
        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, corruption is destroying our country and it is not something easy. Some of us have been in politics for almost 20 years. Others have been in Parliament for at least two terms. We had to sacrifice to be where we are now. We have a very urgent Agenda 4 which the international community wants us to handle. However, it is not appearing anywhere in the Government circles. There are historical injustices such as unequal distribution of Government resources and the skewed appointment of people into the Civil Service. What would I be going to tell my people in Amagoro? That I support this Government because it is not appointing my people to the Government? That I support this Government because it encourages corruption? That cannot happen! Let us send a very strong message to the President, wherever he is, that we, as elected people or representatives of the people who elected us, will not treat this issue casually anymore. Enough is enough! Those of us who are Assistant Ministers are prepared to serve this Government for the benefit of the people of Kenya and not for the benefit of the people who are out there. That should go down well with this Government. Therefore, we cannot be frightened by someone because we are Assistant Ministers. Some of us were teachers. We were earning Kshs5,000 but we survived. We have come here in our important role as the representatives of our people and to do good to ensure that our people’s needs are delivered and not what one person, an MP from Othaya wants. With those few remarks, I vehemently oppose the Motion."
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