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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Rutto",
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Kipkemoi Rutto",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was talking about intolerance and I do not think the hon. Member understands what the term \"intolerance\" means. The Government demonstrated a lot of intolerance in dealing with its own Members when we were voting for the referendum. That is one mark against the Government in terms of governance issues. While still talking about the Constitution, most of the issues that we dealt with during the referendum and the major part of the Constitution that we fought against was the executive structure. We noticed that the Government was unwilling to reduce the powers of the President as had been suggested in that Constitution. That is one area that hints to us that the issues of governance, with regard to this Government, are still very far from being sorted out. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to make a remark on corruption. In this country, we have established institutions which are meant to deal with issues of corruption decisively. We created the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). We have written laws to crack-down on corruption. But we still witness cases of corruption. We ask ourselves: What has gone wrong in our crusade against corruption? I would like to make an observation. In the current crack-down on corruption cases, we still see political patronage, particularly from the Government side. There is lack of political goodwill on the crack-down against corruption. We implore the Government to move as fast as possible and as decisively as possible to prosecute the \"big fish\" who are involved in corruption scandals. So long as nothing happens in that front, the Government will be sending the wrong signals that it only talks about corruption and does nothing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government should encourage the public to fight corruption. There is need for public education. I notice that there is no intention to improve public education, particularly in the fight against corruption. The KACC should encourage the public to fight corruption. The Government should support any initiative that goes towards public education on matters of corruption. There is need to sensitise the public on corruption, and their role to reduce corruption in public places. In the same vein, we would like to encourage the Government to strengthen the prosecution capacity of KACC. As we talk now, KACC is still very weak as a prosecuting body. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about education. The President did not say anything about education. He does not have to. But there is need to address the quality of education in this country. With the advent of free primary education, the quality of education in this country has deteriorated. There is need to improve the quality of education by addressing the serious shortage of teachers. The Member for Butula mentioned earlier that there are a lot of disparities in the way teachers are distributed in this country. She noted that Nyanza has a shortage of 12,000 teachers. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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