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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, as Members of this august House, we have a responsibility to protect the dignity of this country as well as the interests of Kenyans. Since we have a scourge called “corruption”, which is essentially a demon and dragon, it has become fashionable for anybody who does not like another person to brand that person “corrupt” without the ability to substantiate the allegation, and with the knowledge that one cannot be taken to court because one enjoys parliamentary immunity against civil proceedings on utterances made on the Floor of this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have listened. We know that corruption is there. It is big. It has to be dealt with. It has to be slain. It is a dragon that we need to deal with but we do not go far by looking at those poor innocent Kenyans just because we do not like them, or because we have other considerations, and say awful things about them. I want to oppose this amendment but I also want to tell you one other thing. The hon. Member who was moving this amendment was very economical with the truth in the sense that the letter that he has tabled here is on a matter of proceedings in court between the KRA and a company called Speedways Commercial Agencies Limited. It does not mention, in any way, either Matemu or the matter of Kingsway, which was associated with Matemu, in respect of which the Mover said he failed to collect taxes."
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