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    "speaker_name": "Mr. G.G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very surprised when hon. Members happily say that we have institutions which fight corruption and yet they know very well, if the new Government had fought corruption straightaway, we would have gone many miles ahead. We are being told that there is the PIC, which I know. There is also the PAC. What do these Committees do other than make recommendations to the Attorney-General to take action? What powers do they have? I sympathise with the hon. Members of the PIC or PAC when they say that they have enough power, and yet they know very well that they are serving others. This is because they are not genuine and frank. This Parliament should come out and say that we are not corrupt. However, the way things are, history and Kenyans will judge this Parliament very harshly. This is because even if it was ten, four or one person who will add strength in the war against corruption, the Government should accept him or her. However, you become a happy person because you have gone scot-free, you have engaged in corruption and nobody is following you. This is known! The Select Committee that I have proposed to be established is supposed to investigate why the war against corruption has taken too long. Is it because the existing machinery does not have power or teeth to bite or what is the problem? From the mood of the House, that Select Committee is unwanted because we do not want to discover the failures that exist in the fight against corruption. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs would have found it difficult to accept hon. Members to enter her province to try and understand the problem that pervades all over the place. We have lost the fight against corruption and this Motion will not be passed. However, Parliament will remain condemned by members of the public like it has been the case before. As an hon. Member for many years, I have never seen an unpopular Parliament like the one we are in today. Why is this so? It is because of our conduct from the time we were elected. It is very clear that we are here just to defend what benefits us but work against what will benefit members of the public. I think something has gone wrong somewhere. Why do we accept that we have lost the fight against corruption and we are happy about it? Do we benefit from this? Do we benefit from corruption? Who can stand up here and say that we have not lost the fight against corruption? The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs said that the fight is almost lost and now, my friend and other people know that the fight against corruption is almost lost. This is 1048 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 31, 2006 merely saying that members of the public should, in the next general election, be very careful in electing people who will represent them in this House."
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