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    "id": 1510607,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "There is also a Kisii conference here, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Somali one was behind me. He must do his job. Kenyans expect much of him. If much is given, then much is expected. One of the cancers that has eroded the gains of this country is corruption. He is now the one who is mandated to take up the fight against that vice. If he knows and, perhaps, his conscience is not clear that he is able to do this job, he should decline it. But if his conscience is clear and thinks that he is capable and that he has done it before and can do it now, let him take it. He rose through the ranks in the institutions, from an assistant director to director, deputy CEO, and now to CEO, if he is approved by this House. If his conscience is clear that he can do this job, then let him take it up if this House approves him. I am requesting Members to approve him because of the Report that has been given by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The man has ticked all the boxes that were required of him. Let us, therefore, approve him so that he can do the job. This is one institution that Kenyans are relying on to make their lives better. It is clear and has been said before that a third of our budget… Even the current Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning has said that Ksh2 billion is lost every day through corruption. That is the man who can stop it; do the change that this country requires and make sure that the resources of this country go where they are needed. You need to put your money where your mouth is, and that is the man who can assure us that he will do that. The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) has gone through many phases. At one time, Senior Counsel PLO Lumumba just ran away. The House brought a Bill that removed him as CEO because of the confusion that was there. He did not even know how to deal with those people. People kept on talking about big fish, middle fish, small fish, white fish, black fish, kamongo and all the fish in Lake Victoria where we come from. If we approve that man for the job, he must bring, at least, 70 per cent of corruption cases to conclusion. Many corruption cases in court have been lost because of lack of evidence and other issues. I want to assure him that he will get the support of this House financially through a budgetary support to make sure that corruption is eradicated in this country."
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