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    "id": 283251,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to stand and support this Motion. While supporting the Motion, it is important for us in this House and Kenya at large, to seriously address the issues of corruption. This House enacted the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2011. We unanimously passed it because we believed that, as a nation, we must put in place a body that should help this country fight corruption. It is up to us and upon us to ensure that this Commission functions, so that we can make progress. Having listened to the previous debate on the same, one major issue that was raised on the three persons was that they do not have passion. One issue that comes out aloud is: What a coincidence that three applicants, all of them do not have passion? It is important for all of us to know that these slots were advertised, Kenyans applied and you only apply for what you think you can do. Secondly, I tried to read between the lines to understand what instruments we have in place to measure passion. Is it a thermometer or a barometer? What is it exactly that we can use to say that so and so has no passion for the job? Very fundamentally and importantly, I would like to plead with the House that we put this Commission in place. This is the first time that this House has got a chance to vet these Commissioners. I believe the three nominees, once given a chance, they know what they have gone through and, therefore, we expect them to even do much more than what we expected initially. Therefore, as I support, I also want to remind them that this nation expects a lot from them and we want to see them performing the duties."
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