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    "id": 248626,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this Motion. With due respect to the Mover, the Motion is well intended but totally misguided. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when one looks at the Motion, it seeks to establish a Select Committee to report on the performance and output of all anti-corruption institutions and make recommendations to facilitate zero-tolerance to corruption and related economic crimes. Which are those anti-corruption committees? Firstly, we have the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). It was set up by the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. Section 37(6) of that Act is quite clear. That institution reports directly to Parliament. To which Committee of Parliament does that institution report? That May 31, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1039 institution reports to the Departmental Committee on the Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs. Why then would we need to superimpose a Select Committee on a Departmental Committee which, by an Act of Parliament, is mandated to report to Parliament?. What other anti-corruption institutions do we have? The other one is the National Commission on Human Rights. It also reports directly to Parliament through the Departmental Committee on the Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs. That is why I am saying that the Motion is misguided, although well intentioned. There already exists a reporting structure for all anti-corruption institutions. There is a Departmental Committee in this Parliament which audits all those institutions. Are we saying that the Departmental Committee has failed? If it has failed, why do we not change the membership? Why should we create another committee? Why should we superimpose a committee on top of another? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the KACC has been in existence for only one year. So, the Departmental Committee is now looking at its reports. It should be getting ready to report KACC's achievements, or lack of any, to Parliament. Why can we not give the Departmental Committee a chance?"
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