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    "id": 1355326,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1355326/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "I do not know whether we will be doing Deoxyribonucleic Acid test (DNA) or how we will determine who is related to who. So, let us not give our law enforcement agencies an impossible job. Lastly, we must also depart from the idea that only an elected person is a public servant. This is a confusion in Kenya in regard to many aspects. We seem to understand the circle of public servants as Members of Parliament, governors or other elected leaders even though the people who call the shots in the public service are not elected leaders but appointed public servants. The Bill has put more weight on an elected person whereas, as a Member of Parliament, I am not an accounting officer of even my NG-CDF. I only play the oversight role. Therefore, we should not continue to criminalise a person who has come out to serve and block all their spheres regarding everything they do. I am not trying to say that politicians should do business but, if a politician is a business person, he should thrive in doing business. Also, an appointed public servant like Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEOs) is the one who calls the shots. Even Members of Parliament queue at their offices as they look for opportunities to serve in terms of projects or assisting the people they serve. Therefore, we should take the law where the rubber meets the road – the accounting officers. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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