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    "id": 150574,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/150574/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Laboso",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of Home Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Cherono Laboso",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to, reluctantly, support the Motion, because none of us has seen the effectiveness of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). It is common knowledge that although the Commission claims to have apprehended people, nobody even knows who they are. You have to search through your memory to know a person who has actually been apprehended. So, I will simply support the Motion just for continuity. These offices were held by persons before. So, for the purpose of continuity, I will support the Motion. However, what is very clear to all Kenyans is that, really, that organisation needs a new mandate. We must come up with very clear guidelines as to what it is that we want the KACC to do for this country. We want a new mandate and new blood injected into the Commission, so that we are able to see some results. What we are looking for is a team that can actually do something for Kenya, which has forever been under corruption. The current team has nothing to show for the huge amount of money invested in the Commission in the form of salaries. What do they have to show for it? To be very honest, I think many Kenyans are asking the same questions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, none of the people responsible for the Goldenberg scandal has been apprehended. Nobody responsible for the maize or oil scandals has been apprehended. We have not heard anything from them. All we know is that some “small” clerks have been apprehended for stealing small amounts of money. I am not saying that it is right for “small” clerks to steal anything. We are saying, we want them to show that they are actually doing something."
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