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    "id": 1442859,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "here, so that we ask each other why it is difficult. The EACC must appear before us and tell us what we need to do. We are now in the third cycle of county governments. Everybody knows why people can almost kill each other to be county governors. However, we do not have any solid case before any court of law that can point out what they have done as an institution, so that people know what they are doing. We will be willing because this has featured prominently. We are being challenged as an institution on things that we have done and said, and even the laws that we have passed. We must make it difficult. It must pain people to break the system after we repair it. The punishment must be punitive, so that it gets to a point where people fear. Nowadays people do not fear to be corrupt in this country because they know the worst that can happen is that they will be taken to court, pay a bail then walk scot-free. Chances are they will enjoy that money until they die. The EACC must come and tell us about the new jurisprudence that they are trying to establish. You will hear that somebody stole Kshs1 billion and says he is willing to part with Kshs300 million and the case is dropped. That is what happens, unless we did not read newspapers properly. Good leaders, I have said that this is not the time to apportion blame. If there are things that they want us to change, is it their budget or the law as we defined it, so be it. Let us listen with an open mind and ask them to tell us what will respond to this particular issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Judiciary has been silent while all this has been going on. The only time I saw the Chief Justice speak was on the issue of abductions. Later on when her office was raided, she issued a statement or something to that effect. However, listening in to what we are being told in the conversation going around, part of the broken system is our judicial system. People know that even if you are taken to court, you can find your way around it and buy justice. A country that sells its justice is not a country. If I know that all it takes for me to get away with murder is sufficient resources in my bank account, then that is not a country. Just like all of us in positions of responsibility, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) must engage, guide and be willing to tell us what has happened. If you listen to people who are speaking, they have shared their experiences of how they have been disinherited of properties that were left by their parents because a rich person showed up. As orphaned children, they could not put up a fight before our courts of law. That is not the foundation of a judicial system. We need time to reflect and JSC must tell us what we need to do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, equal opportunity has featured prominently. Many people are saying that they know that all it takes for you to get employment anywhere is to have people of influence. We have so many constitutionally mandated institutions such as the National Cohesion and Integration Centre (NCIC). Let us see the studies that they have done so far out of the millions that we have sent to them over the years. Are they just collecting perdiems and travelling to Naivasha or have they done a scientific study that we can appreciate? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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