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    "id": 1524014,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1524014/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "recommendation, that the DCI now must carry proper investigation. time does not run out on criminal culpability. The DCI is the one that deals with criminality. These people are walking. Some have bought nice vehicles. Some have bought nice houses in West Kano. The people can tell, “this man or woman was involved in that scandal.” It was our money that we saved in this revolving fund that has bought him a nice house; that has made his family to get more acreage of land, that has helped him to drive a car, and he is walking free. Mr. Deputy Speaker, something needs to be done. We are agreeing with the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries that the DCI must act fast. Within the four months that they have been given, something must be done. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was here yesterday, complaining that when people go to government agencies and nothing takes place, there is a lot of fury within the community. Regarding Tana River County, yesterday I was engaging the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration and saying that somebody was killed by Kenya Wild Life Service (KWS) officers. A report was made and nothing has been done. When people live in this kind of society, anger grows in them. People start hating leaders and the agencies of government. We start wondering what the problem is or what has happened to people. It is because of inaction when people are making genuine complaints such as this one where Kshs86 million has gone; the culprits are known, because they were officials of this West Kano Irrigation Scheme and they are just walking around. When you look at the response that was given by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), they are not telling us anything. In fact, they are themselves indicted by the information that the people are putting here that the West Kano just went to sleep. One of the recommendations they have given is that this devolution of the EACC function should be relooked at so that people are able to move away from their regional offices, come directly to Nairobi, and make these complaints. This is one of the recommendations that we have put in this Senate report. Something needs to be done about corruption in this country. We need to start doing and I am asking the EACC to take more seriously their responsibility as far as engaging the public in spreading the anti-corruption message. You are not going to help just by arresting people on one Friday, come with cameras and so on. We need to also take these lessons to schools. When I was growing up, we were taught not to walk over grass. When I was very young and attending school, and to date, I would never pocket or walk over grass. It is not inside me. When you are traveling with your children and you try to take a bottle of water and throw it through the wind, they will not allow you. Why? Because they were taught in school that you should not pollute the environment. However, when it comes to the anti-corruption message, the current generation is as if the end justifies the means. Why? Because this is not taught in any school. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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