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    "id": 255822,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to remind the House of the hon. Speaker's Speech on the occasion of the State Opening of this Session, when he said that \"truth had been criminalised\". In the just concluded referendum, 153 constituencies voted against the proposed new constitution. That truth has been criminalised to say that Kenyans were deceived. That says a lot about our respect for the intelligence of the ordinary citizens. When they make a democratic choice, you tell them that they have been misdirected. The truth they exercised by voting democratically is now being criminalised as people who are nincompoops, who do not know what they are doing. Indeed, someone said on television that these people are fools. Truth has been criminalised. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me talk about corruption, in line with what hon. Khamasi has said. If we are going to fight corruption in Kenya, truth must not be criminalised at the top. The Chief Executive of this nation should be an honest and diligent person who remains true to the Constitution of this Republic and who respects policy laid down in the manifesto of the ruling party as well as the development policies of our country. I have been Minister for Planning and National Development. I have gone around the world in my official capacity to try and convince them that Kenya is a democratic country worth investing in. In that capacity, I learnt painfully that, indeed, corruption is aided and abetted from the highest echelons of our Government. I have in my possession a report submitted to the Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), entitled \"Status Report on the Anti-Corruption Agenda of the Government of Kenya.\" It is dated Tuesday, 5th April, 2005. This report is in regard to the allegations of the immediate former British High Commissioner to Kenya, Sir Edward Clay, on 20 new cases of corruption at that point in time. The report says, \"The KACC has now audited the list of the 20 cases preferred as evidence of new corruption and the Government's inaction therein. In our opinion, the dossier does not support a conclusion of Government inaction regarding corruption. On the contrary, the KACC had either already investigated some of the cases or had commenced investigations on others. The current investigation status of the dossier is as follows---\""
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