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    "id": 243913,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, corruption has increased several fold. If you look at the corruption index which was released by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) last week, this Ministry is top on the list. It is interesting to note that the report cites the Office of the President as leading in corruption. It is followed by the Provincial Administration, Department of Immigration, the Police and others. Why should this be the case? That is the reason why we wanted a devolved system of Government, which that side has been consistently opposing. The over-concentration of power in the hands of a few people is directly responsible for increased corruption in our system. The Minister tried to bring insecurity in my own constituency, in a village called Kibera. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have minutes of a meeting chaired by the Minister, supposedly to talk about rent arrears in Kibera. Some tenants had refused to pay rent. Kibera residents pay their rent regularly. That is not even the responsibility of the Minister. There is a Minister who is in charge of housing! He is responsible for such kind of issues. That has nothing to do with the Minister, and yet he has the impudence to convene a meeting in his office, supposedly to talk about insecurity in Kibera, and that people have refused to pay rent. Then, he sends policemen to come and purport to set up a police post in the only open space in Kibera, where people meet when they want to talk about funeral arrangements, prayers and so on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this same Minister is on record as describing himself as a snake, and that if he is rattled---"
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