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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, the fact that a Member of Parliament maybe involved in any misconduct is not necessarily grand corruption. I think, time and again, the Commission under its present leadership thinks that when it puts a Member of Parliament into trouble, it is dealing with corruption. That is a misguided strategy. We want to hear of the billions that have been taken away over the years, the last ten or 15 years. We do not want to hear about Kshs3 million or Kshs10 million. We want to hear about the billions; many people who have come before Parliamentary Committees--- I thank this Parliament because, at least, there is some record in form of the Public Investments Committee and Public Accounts Committee reports about grand corruption. Not a single of those cases, as recommended by this Parliament to be dealt with by the right institutions have actually seen the light of day. So, I would want to advise whoever is going to lead this new Commission, because this is going to be a new Commission, that their mandate will be to deal with grand corruption. I am saying this looking at Article 79--- Those who have the Constitution, it says--- I am not sure that really given this body that we are creating should necessarily be to deal with corruption as a criminal offence. Article 79 says:-"
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