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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee was established to be the arm of the Ministry. I want to repeat that ours is a policy Ministry. I want to agree with the hon. Member that even within the Ministry, we have asked the Committee to pull up its socks. However, I am quite happy with the survey the Committee did recently on the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF. The Committee has also launched a website. It has a public awareness programme on television which will also be launched. The Committee's work is just to sensitise the public on the effects of corruption. Corruption is a two-way traffic, namely, those in authority demanding bribes and those who want services offering the bribes. Unless our public is sensitised, that if they continue to offer bribes then they undermine the capacity of the Government to deliver services to them, we will never end corruption. We must live by example. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also about the way we, as politicians, have handled election campaigns. We have entrenched corruption in this country. Commitment is needed from every Member and every citizen. The Ministry is committed and we are waiting for everybody else to do their part. But we will keep on redoubling our efforts. The Committee has accelerated its activities because it went a little bit down after the Chairman left. But the Committee has now woken up again."
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