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    "id": 1521713,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1521713/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I have read the committee report, but I found it was just a clean-up. I am a strong believer in institutions. This country is facing non-implementation of development of institutions. We do not have a shortage of laws that can fight corruption in this country. This report on the conflict of interest is and should be that the EACC cannot have capacity to fight white-collar crimes and even transnational crimes. If you can recall, in United Kingdom (UK), we had the famous case of Chicken gate. The UK could nail down the suspects, but Kenya is yet to. Additionally, we have the issue Itare dam in Nakuru where even the DCI had to travel to Italy, but nothing came out of it. As Parliament, what we should be discussing is that are we appropriating enough funds, capacity, human resource and ability for EACC to prosecute white-collar crimes. That should be the question that we are having today in the evening. If you look at the report that the EACC has brought before the Senate, it is about conviction of conviction of bribery of Kshs20,000, Kshs10,000 and traffic officers. Meanwhile, the governors and senior national Government officials are facing allegations of corruption, but have never been convicted. The only case that we saw that has made a headway is the one of Waititu case, where close to Kshs600 million was being adjudicated upon. Consequently, people feel that there was no proper and punitive decision by the court. From the onset, there are many laws that can fight corruption. Section 42, of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act has defined what conflict of interest is."
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