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"content": "We need to call out the MCAs, governors and Members of Parliament (MPs). The only time I have not seen some of these people putting their images is only on coffins. They have even put in the farewell homes, which is very unfortunate. I agree that this issue of branding of images should have included MPs. Article 231(4) of the Constitution, 2010 of the Republic of Kenya, one of the things includes issues of money; that we do not want to bear an image of anybody in our currency. The youth leader, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga, was among the people who sat during the constitutional review process in this country. I agree largely with the recommendations of the Committee. We need to ensure once and for all--- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to be brief and long enough to cover the essentials. I have even seen Government vehicles, GoK. Why is it that when somebody has a GoK vehicle, you change into civilian number plates? How will you use for the signing out and issue of traffic enforcement laws? Even here in Parliament, we should also be disciplined as leaders. If you are having a Government property, including houses, do not convert it into your house. I know a number of our colleagues are using national and county government vehicles. If you are driving a Government vehicle, use the numbers that you have been assigned officially, unless there is something you are hiding. I am happy that the former CECM under my good friend, Cyprian Awiti, was there. We are aware there are people who are misusing Government vehicles and property, including staplers and printers in Government offices. The indiscipline in this country is so much. There is an attitude called “ utado ”. I do not know where it came from. If it is Government property, people do not care. That is why you saw people burning a police station, law courts, police vehicles and attacking police officers. It is because we have so much bad manners in this country and that attitude, “utado ”, because you do not feel responsible. If all of us were responsible for Government property, we would not be doing what we are doing. This boils down to the values of the nation. We must go back to Article 10 of the Constitution, 2010 of the Republic of Kenya on national governance and principles of good governance and national values. If you see people rising up and destroying and defacing government’s property, then we no longer have that responsibility. I agree with the recommendation that if you threaten a Government security installation, including Parliament, police station, among others, you are a domestic terrorist and must be dealt with by the law as local terror under the anti-terrorism unit. On the recommendation on the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) and Controller Budget (CoB) to report in 30 days, I am a bit jittery about the EACC. For example, in Nandi County, there was the employment scandal, where it was found that there were so many ghost workers. The EACC came with razzmatazz to the County Government of Nandi offices. Up to today, they have not even arrested a rat. I remember and I hope the Chairperson of the Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee is still there, that when we invited the EACC in the last session, the only highest conviction they had achieved at that time was a bribe of Kshs20,000. We need to call upon the EACC to put their act together. If they have a problem with 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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