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    "id": 191365,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I was saying, I am in this House for the second term as an elected Member of Kipipiri Constituency. I represent people. I also have a family. I have a wife and a daughter. I have parents, my friends and people who care for me and I care for them. I have supporters and I must thank them all for they have stood with me in the course of the last week, especially when all these allegations have been made against my person. Are you not surprised that I am so cool, uncharacteristic of me? The reason is because of the support and the comfort that I have received from my constituents whom I must thank very much, and from my friends within and without. Let me also say that I am an accountant by training, and a fellow at that. I have had the opportunity of even chairing that institute and doing great things for it. I have been a qualified accountant, qualified and practising for the last 21 years. I am also a fellow of the institute of Certified Public Secretaries (CPS). I have been a crusader for integrity in this country, starting from the 1980s. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in 1990s I had the opportunity, not only to investigate crimes in Kenya, but also in the Serious Fraud Office in London. In 1994, I was appointed into a task force looking at the review of penal laws and procedures by the Attorney-General, specifically to look at economic crimes. When I look at some Sections within the Economic Crimes Act, I can see my sentences. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the first Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority Board was formed, I served as a member of it. I sat in the interview panel that recruited Justice Ringera into the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). July 2, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1601"
}