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    "id": 1355411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1355411/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the spirit of the Bill with very many caveats. However, I think those will be dealt with once we go through the proper legislative process. One of the biggest problems this country has had over the years is that those charged with the management of public affairs act in concert with private enterprise, not for public good but for private gain. I think we have experienced this from 1963 to date. It has had very serious political and socioeconomic consequences where decision-making power in government as well as enunciation of policies and laws is geared towards entrenching certain private interests and not public interest. If you look at the spirit of this Bill, it is quite spot on but the wording and drafting are a bit too loose. We need to do some work on that. The problem of corruption is now beyond legislation. If you look around the world, most of the least corrupt countries have the fewest number of laws dealing with corruption. The most corrupt countries have the highest number of laws dealing with corruption. The problem in Kenya is not lack of laws. It is something much deeper than that. When we debate this issue, I urge that we explore whether it is now time to introduce something I call nationhood science in our curriculum where we capture the minds and hearts of our young people and educate them from kindergarten to university against this vice called ‘corruption’. We no longer need laws to deal with the problem of corruption in Kenya. What we need are strong ethos as embodied in Article 10 and Chapter Six of our Constitution: how to instill these values and principles in the minds and hearts of young Kenyans from the time they start learning to the time they get into the job market or assume responsibilities of nation-building matters."
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