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    "id": 1446025,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "The KEMSA, which is a government broker for purchase of drugs, failed to make profit. It also brought issues to our own Procurement and Asset Disposal Act. The Committee has come up with several recommendations, including amendments to this particular Act. Most importantly, we are looking at integrity. It has gone a long way to bring many problems in this country. When there is no integrity, the public loses trust with the government and its officers. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you expect these people who have no integrity to be prosecuted, then the institutions that are supposed to investigate and, eventually, prosecute can only do so with sufficient evidence. The moment there is no evidence or the evidence is there but is not being produced, then these institutions stall in their duties and become ineffective. Therefore, one of the ways of making sure corruption is curbed is by prosecuting those suspected to have committed bribery but this is the biggest headache for the Office of DPP. There are two investigating agencies. That is why they keep on sending files back to these investigators to cover certain areas to make sure that any prosecution going on is solid. You are not just going to present a sham in court knowing very well people suspected of corruption will be acquitted. In this case, recommendations were made because treated mosquito nets are important to make sure that malaria does not kill people. Malaria is one of the biggest killers in the world. It is so serious. If it is not well prevented, many people get attacked and have a hard time recovering. Therefore, without proper drugs and proper prevention, you put human life in danger. Weak laws, failure to apply the law, weak institutions that have been interfered with have caused a lot of frustration to institutions themselves, to the prosecuting agencies, and eventually to Kenyans. It has been part of the reason there has been a lot of impatience and people almost taking the law into their own hands or ending up in demonstrations and scenarios like that. 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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