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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Khaniri",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Information and Communications",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Motion, but reluctantly as my friend, Dr. Laboso, did. I am sure that you noticed yourself that even the Seconder of the Motion to adjourn debate, Hon. I. Ruto, stood up to oppose it. He had nothing to say in support the Motion, instead, he ended up opposing the Motion throughout his speech. So, it is very difficult for us who are not Members of the Committee, to come out strongly and support the Motion. Nevertheless, let me take this opportunity to, first of all, congratulate the Committee and the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board for the good work they did in processing the names of the applicants and the rigorous interviews they conducted and eventually came up with the two names that they presented to this House. I do not know the individuals, but I had a chance to look at their Curriculum Vitaes (CV). Looking at their CVs, I have no doubt that these are qualified Kenyans who can do this particular job. The positions to which we are appointing these two individuals are very sensitive. These individuals will be entrusted with the heavy responsibility of fighting and prosecuting corruption cases in the Republic. Knowing the monster that corruption has become in the Republic, I know that it is not an easy job. It is not an easy job at all to fight corruption because the individuals involved in this vice are mostly the high and mighty in the society. Therefore, for KACC to fight this vice, we have to come up with individuals of very high integrity, with a clean record and people who are above reproach. As it is now, I want to state that Kenyans have lost confidence in this organization called KACC. Kenyans feel that they are not getting value for their money. We have individuals whom we know are earning a lot of taxpayers’ money and are holding offices where we have the most highly paid people. However, we are not getting value for the money we pay these individuals. When you look at the record of the cases that KACC has been able to prosecute, not just successfully, but just to prosecute, you will get discouraged and wonder why we should not disband this particular organization and come up with a totally new outfit to fight corruption in our Republic. It is my hope that the new appointees that are going to get into the organization will bring in new blood and give it the strength that they require, so that we can deal with ravaging corruption in our Republic. I said I support the Motion reluctantly because I realized that one of the key individuals being appointed today is one who has been in this Commission for the past five years. We have not seen any results in the past five years. So, why should we renew his contract? It is my sincere opinion that KACC must be overhauled. The whole"
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