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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope that as we progress with this debate, it will be characterized by integrity and people will speak their minds. We shall vote for what we believe in and for our conviction. Debate is about persuading one another to take a view. I found myself on one hand considering the view of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs whose Members are sitting here, including Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, Mr. Namwamba, Mr. Baiya, Mr. Abdikadir and Mr. Nyamweya. On one hand, they were telling us that in their considered view, they could not move on to agree with the appointment of these three proposed members of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). On the other hand, there was the Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons, hon. Member for Kilome, the Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development and many others who had contrary opinion. I was asking myself: Who shall I believe because the issue of corruption is not a small matter? The senior officials in the Executive have admitted publicly that between 25 per cent and 35 per cent of the national Budget is lost through corruption. Now, 30 per cent of the national Budget today is in excess of Kshs300 billion. What can you do with Kshs300 billion? An amount of Kshs300 billion would give every constituency in excess of Kshs1.3 billion. I want to invite you to think about it. Today, we are creating change at the constituency level with the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), which gives Kshs50 million, Kshs60 million or Kshs80 million per constituency. So, imagine what you can do with Kshs1.3 billion per constituency per year. That is what we lose through corruption every single year."
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