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    "id": 232507,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister came in late. We discussed that issue earlier. Unfortunately, the majority of the people who were in the previous Government are in the current Government today, and the person who superintended over that regime is the same one advising the current regime, day and night, at State House. He is not here. The recommendation here is to the current Government to take action, and not to the past regime. The Minister has missed that point. So, one of the recommendations by the Committee is: \"Can this Government take action now on those people?\"; but because those in the current regime are in debt with them, you are unable to take any action against them. That is why we are pointing a finger at the Government. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me conclude by saying that the Kenya Anti- Corruption Commission (KACC), the Attorney-General's Office and all other institutions that exist for purposes of accountability, do not need to go to Ecuador and other funny places to look for evidence, so that they can prosecute people. There are enough recommendations in this Report for those people to act on today. However, because of political expediency, and because this regime has been unable to run the Government and, therefore, has had to poach people from the Opposition, it is unable to act on the recommendations contained in this Report and on all the other recommendations contained in previous Reports, begging for action. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to appeal to this House that, at some stage, time will come when we shall empower Parliament. The main problem is that Parliament is not empowered. We need to empower this House's watchdog Committees by providing for their proceedings to be covered live by the media, so that Kenyans can know the people who are plundering the resources of this country. We need to empower this House, so that Members of Parliament can have powers to discipline Ministers and recommend on the Floor of this House, as is done in Rwanda and other countries, for such Ministers to be dismissed; a resolution which will be binding to the President. Those are the recommendations that we had at the Bomas of Kenya. Until we have a comprehensive constitutional review, I do not think the current Government, or any other government, can talk about governance in this country. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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