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    "id": 1442925,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "calling us out is they are wondering how you can contribute Kshs20 million in a harambee yet they do not even have Kshs100. They were wondering how a Cabinet Secretary would be in harambee counting millions of shillings and the roads and water are not there. They are wondering why we are telling them the economy is bad, but we preside over harambees worth millions of shillings. It is not bad to do harambee or to help people. I know some people even who had bought shirts and dark suits for funerals. Sen. Sifuna, the only thing was, when they hear social function, they appear. However, they have never visited the bad roads that are in our counties or looked even at the water situation. They will find time to go and insult other leaders. I think corruption also is not doing your job. It does not necessarily mean that you have stolen. Failing to do your job with integrity or reporting to your duty station, is part of corruption. Thirdly, I propose that the EACC must be disbanded forthwith, with capital letters. They have failed from national to county level. When you steal, they come and see you nyuma ya tent, they slap you on the wrist and go away. If the EACC was serious, three-quarters of governors would be in jail by now. I can tell you for free. Even some of the people serving as State Officers should be in jail. The EACC has failed us. While I agree they do not have enough resources, it is time we disband the EACC, restructure and redevelop it to win back the public confidence of this Republic going into the future. Members, I have been privileged to serve on the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAHRC) as the Chairperson. I remember that we invited the EACC. If you ask them, the only conviction it has done, is a bribe of Kshs20,000. What are we telling Gen. Z when they can see a club that you have built somewhere in a town and they know it is from proceeds of crime? Then, the EACC turns a blind eye. We must resist and I want to request, that even as EACC struggles with the challenges of resources, we must disband and restructure it to win the public confidence of this Republic. Fourthly, before I finish with austerities, this issue of the SRC increasing the salaries of MPs and state officers is ill-advised. It is in bad faith. It wants to increase public discontent. Therefore, this SRC must be called out. Colleagues, do you remember when we had UHC interns, we invited SRC here? They told us there is no money to increase for UHC doctors or Junior Secondary School (JSS). However, they are quick to increase money for us, MPs, to create discontent and fuel the country into discontentment against MPs. We never requested for the increment of salaries. The SRC is abusing its power by trying to set us up against the public. I am happy some colleagues have responded to this blackmail and misleading corruption by the SRC. I also propose that the SRC be disbanded. Let the SRC commissioners not serve monthly. They should serve as part-time commissioners. The problem we have with the SRC, they are not serving part-time. They are busy trying to set and regulate salaries so that they justify their work in the office. The SRC chairperson is giving herself a Kshs10 million car grant for Prado from Toyota Kenya. She is increasing her salary and gets two car grants within four years. I want to tell Kenyans that I am not interested. What I am proposing going into the future, MPs 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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