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    "id": 1357262,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is my sincere hope with the assurance that was given by the Head of the State in his Presidential Speech, that this is being addressed. He alluded that on the day he was speaking before Parliament, that the first batch of large- scale and small-scale dryers for maize, wheat and rice farmers was docking in the Port of Mombasa and that the same can be cleared quickly to get into the farms and help our farmers so that they do not lose even a single bag of the crop that they have produced. I know the President did speak to the values, aspirations and the challenges we continue to have as a country. Corruption is a challenge we continue to face. The question we must ask ourselves is that we have set up the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for more than 10 years, thanks to the new Constitution but two administrations down the line, this being the third, we continue to see an increase in corrupt practices in our public offices and private sector. We must begin to ask ourselves very difficult questions as the people of Kenya, whether the issue is about the institutions because many times you listen to Kenyans, they tell you that EACC needs to do this or the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) should do the other, without addressing this particular challenge of corruption from a values problem. However, we must begin to teach our children right from school and even us who are in leadership about the values that to espouse, the values we expect to see in other people and whether the same can be replicated. Even here in Parliament, there are many things that Members do ignorantly and they think that maybe, that is not an act of corruption but if it is checked under the prism of values and Chapter 10 of our Constitution, you are actually not living up to the expectation of this Constitution. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, how many times do you see Members, particularly on Wednesday morning - I do not want to say which side of the House is fond of doing this - walk in, sign and leave without making any contribution or sitting to listen to the proceedings of the House? The House just captures and records that you are part and parcel. You are cheating the system, but is that a reflection of the values that have been espoused under Article 10? You ought to do better as a leader."
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