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    "id": 282916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 209,
        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Member for Molo is a good friend of mine but I do not think he was listening. I am not accusing anybody. I am saying that we, as Government, must be aware of the problem that is with us. There is insecurity in this country and as the Member of Parliament for Kwanza, I also have the responsibility of talking about insecurity in my constituency. Kwanza has been in the forefront in terms of cattle rustling and other forms of insecurity. So, insecurity is a problem today. As a Government Minister, I agree that there is insecurity in this country, and that we must do the best we can to deal with it. If my colleague in charge of internal security was here, I would have implored him to join us and impress upon the Minister for Finance to provide enough funds for us to address this issue, so that every constituency, including Molo and Kwanza, can have enough vehicles for our security personnel to do their work. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, we are talking about allocation of funds. Let us allocate these funds but if we find that some Kenyans are corrupt, please, let us send them to jail. It does not matter who the perpetrator of the crime is. I hope that the reforms that are going on in the Judiciary will change things for the better. I thank God that some of the bad workers in the Judiciary have been vetted out. Let us make sure that corruption is dealt with by giving the perpetrators of the crime the severest sentences possible. In the past, the Government lost a lot of funds but we have seen very few of the perpetrators of corruption being taken to court and being imprisoned. So, let us do it as they do it in other countries. Let us do it as they do it in China and Rwanda. If anybody is suspected of misappropriating Government funds, be it a Minister or a Permanent Secretary, he should be put aside, so that investigation can be carried out. If somebody has to go to court, let him go to court. If somebody has to be jailed, let him be jailed. If we cannot do this, this thing called “impunity” will always be with us. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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