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    "id": 228272,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/228272/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if indeed, we have to be fair, we still have to make some constitutional amendments. We still have to make amendments to the Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. If the Chairman truly believes that this Commission will be out to fight corruption in this country, it must show that they are indeed doing it. On several occasions many people have said that they do not have faith in this anti-corruption body led by Justice Ringera. Personally, I have sent cases to the KACC to investigate, but to date, no investigations have been done. I have sang here time and again about the issue of corruption at the Busia Municipality. Busia Municipality is very rich. It makes a lot of money. It can make over Kshs6 million a month through revenue collection. On top of that, the Government sends it over Kshs10 million annually through LATF. From the collection alone, this municipality pays a wage bill of around Kshs2 million. So, it should have a surplus. But you will find that it permanently has a deficit. We know the people who are \"eating\" the money that is meant to assist the public. I have personally written to the KACC, but it has never responded nor gone there. People have reported many other cases. But what these people investigate is a chief who has taken a bribe of Kshs50; very petty crimes. April 4, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 411 If we have to add value to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (KACAB), it is my appeal that, if it is a woman to be appointed to that Board, let her come from an organisation like Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organisation (MYWO). That is because she should have been elected. We can only do that if we amend the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act to replace the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) nominee with a MYWO nominee. As far as I know, FIDA officials do not represent anybody. They are just a handful of six women. They have nothing to care about. All I am saying is that, if we allow FIDA representatives, we will just add more corrupt people to a Board that has already failed Kenyans. I oppose this Report with all my energy. I would like to request the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs to wait until we review the Constitution. That way, we can have a proper advisory body---"
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