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    "id": 1474472,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "I was happy to read the Cabinet dispatch from the Cabinet meeting of this week. One of the first action items that they resolved was to strengthen governance. I saw that we are going to bring an omnibus Bill talking about governance laws. I hope that will tighten the loopholes that many of these corrupt people have been slipping through. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the guy who attempted to shoot Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida was arrested that afternoon and taken to court the following day. Proceedings are ongoing and judgment will be rendered quickly. Why does it take five years for us to investigate corruption cases? What is it that the prosecutors are hoping will happen? Is it a tree they are hoping will grow so that they go and demonstrate to the judge that it has grown? We must ask ourselves what makes it take so long? Sen. Mumma brought up a very sad story here of a girl who was defiled in 2021 and that the charges are still on, the prosecution is still ongoing and judgment has not been entered. If there was assault, or defilement of a 13-year-old, what other evidence does the prosecutor hope will come for that matter to be closed? We must style up. I hope that those governance laws that the Cabinet is talking about will address some of those loopholes that have to do with economic crimes--- My legal team in the CPAC helped me to understand what economic crimes are all about. Economic crimes are those matters to do with pilferage or loss from public funds and that is the responsibility of the EACC. The EACC has let us down in a major way because they have told us stories that cases of Kshs20 million sometimes are too small for their investigation. What if someone stole Kshs20 million from a hospital? It means that there would be death and no provision of blood or antivenom. From where the EACC sits, they think that in terms of materiality, they should be going for the Kshs1 billion cases and not the Kshs20 million cases. As they say, there is no small nor big sin. Sin is sin. So, our agencies and our partners must style up. Today I am opposing this amendment because I want counties to retain the Kshs400.1 billion that we approved. Today there is no governor in the village; all the governors are in Nairobi because there is no money in counties. In the months of June, July, August and September, you can barely get activities in counties because there is no money. From next week, all governors will be trooping back to the village. They will be there for a week then they will disappear again. There is a problem, but let us think about the people in the counties rather than the emperors and the rulers in the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if I saw the report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, I would have said I support the amendments. In the absence of it, I reject this amendment."
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