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    "id": 1355341,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "riches, they must be in governance or in power. The Bill is taking us to level zero, which is the best position to be in. We must congratulate the President. Tabling such a serious Bill in Parliament takes courage. The effects of the Bill will cut across all institutions like a razor once it is passed in terms of what people in governance and power do vis-a-vis the contracts and money that they enjoy. If we want to change Kenya, and we believe in the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) model that we talk about, we must move to this direction so that everything is done clearly. People will declare their wealth and we shall clearly see who is doing what and where they are working. When I looked at the Bill, in its first instances, it tends to some extent curtail freedoms and rights of people, and, more so, of those who are in political offices - not only the Members of National Assembly and Senators, but also Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs). According to the Constitution, Members of Parliament and other representative leaders do not only speak about their own issues, but also represent other people. It goes on to declare that if a matter is in an area where that person has a conflict, then he does not have to speak on it. This means then that he ceases to have his freedom of representing the people who gave him power. Most of the things we speak here are not for ourselves, but for the people out there. There will be serious need to do some amendments during the Third Reading so that we correct that. We should not deny the power that has been given to those who are in positions to speak and represent others simply because of the issues of conflict of interest."
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