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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has been pointed out that other than the position of the Chief Justice in the new dispensation, the other most critical agenda this country has to put the Government programme forward, is the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). This country passed a Constitution in August, 2010. It promised Kenyans that the new Constitution has a very wide Bill of Rights. It also promised equity and security. It is hinged on the delivery of those rights. But we have the problem of poverty. Without alleviating poverty in this county, there is no way this Constitution is going to deliver. It has been pointed out and admitted from no other source than the Executive itself that, out of the revenues collected in this country, over Kshs300 billion gets lost through corruption. It was admitted by no less a figure than the Permanent Secretary in charge of Treasury. Under the new dispensation, it should be understood that this House is no longer going to sit in the Executive. The Executive is going to consist of Members appointed by the President. We will then have a civil service led by an appointee of the President; a civil service that is not elected by anybody. Therefore, the mandate of the people of Kenya to ensure that they have a say in the way the Government is run has been given to this House. Therefore, I want to urge this House---"
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