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    "content": "the more the lawyers are paid their fees. So, lawyers on the Government side and lawyers on the other side keep on going to court, are paid handsome monies and the cases never end. The Government is losing a lot of money in court cases that do not need to continue being there and which could have been terminated a long time ago in the interest of the nation. So, I do hope that this team that is being set up will be a kind of team that will keep the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) in check and make sure that it delivers. The people who were appointed to those positions at the KACC, were given good salaries, so that they could not involve themselves in rent-picking. However, I am afraid because there are a lot of complaints from the public, in Government Ministries and parastatal bodies against the KACC: Unfortunately, whether its scouts officers do engage in harassment and intimidation for purposes of rent-picking. Therefore, they never bring out the results of finishing or eliminating corruption in our nation. It is a very daunting task for the Minister. This is because as a Minister you are expected to lay down policies and guidelines which are followed and implemented by officers. You cannot be at the same time the policy maker and regulator and ensure that execution is done. You expect that delivery will come from the other side of the divide, that is, the Executive branch and the institutions that it has set up to make sure that delivery is done. If we look at the delivery record of the KACC - I must say it - whether I was in the Opposition or in Government, I have not been impressed. We must be autocritical. Being autocritical does not mean that we are trying to tear down the KACC. It means that we are concerned that our performance should be better. After all, we need to get what I call corruption dividends, as sources of revenue that can help us implement projects which will help us meet the goals of the Vision 2030. Unless year after year, there is an increment in corruption dividends, we will not meet the targets that we have set for ourselves for the Vision 2030."
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