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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdirahman",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdirahman Ali Hassan",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to oppose this Motion with very genuine reasons which, I think, will be important. This particular Select Committee, as far as I understand, will in no way be different from any ordinary task force that is sent to compile a report. Our intention is not to send a small team just to go and collect a report, but to act. We have sufficient institutions in this country that have been created to deal with corruption. Parliament, as we all know, has an oversight role and as it has been clearly stated by those hon. Members who have spoken before me, there are watchdog Committees in this House, for example, the PAC and PIC, which can sufficiently work on this issue as they do. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the truth is that corruption is endemic and it was there even before we started to talk about it this year. If we need to get rid of corruption which has been institutionalised in this country over a long time by individuals and institutions, we need to change the attitude of the people who engage in the vice. Kenyans have a lot to contribute to the fight against corruption. If we have to help the anti-corruption institutions, like the Kenya Anti- Corruption Commission (KACC), that are in place, the their performance should be effectively monitored by the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. I think the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs is in this House. That Ministry should check on the performance of those institutions. As a Ministry, it should see how it can improve the performance of those institutions with support from everybody, including hon. Members. My position is that we need an effective and a better strategy in the fight against corruption rather than talk about setting up Select Committees that are endless in this House. We have sufficient institutions to fight corruption and, as parliamentarians, let us give them the goodwill they require. Let the Government also give those institutions the goodwill they require. Setting up a Select Committee will not be a solution to the endemic corruption that has bedeviled this country for a long time."
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