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    "id": 29158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for East African Community",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 279,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also support this Bill that creates the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission. It is important to say from the outset that this is a new Commission. It is a Commission envisioned under the new Constitution. Therefore, it is a new body. Just like we are creating a new police force, we are also creating a new Judiciary. This is also a departure from the old body. Therefore, in this legislation, we must be able to address the shortcomings of the existing body so that we have an improved infrastructure that can be able to effectively fight corruption. That is why I am supporting those views expressed by other Members that just like we have created the other Commissions and strengthened them, we must also do the same with this Commission. So this idea of saying that the Commission must be temporary, advisory and, therefore, you leave the actual work to be done only by the employees does not auger well for a functional constitutional commission. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Commission must be strengthened and be given the core functions of supervising the secretary and employees to be able to work effectively. We have examples of commissions that have delivered like the Anti- Corruption Commission in Indonesia where the Commission is permanent. It does the core business and the employees report to the Commission. This is the kind of commission we need so that you do not have a one-man show where we have one person running around, busy addressing press conferences and demonstrating and not actually doing the real work that he was employed to do. Again, this will also bring safeguard where you will avoid witch-hunt, obsession with reporting to press what you are doing when you have not actually done your actual work and recommended prosecution to the institution that it is supposed to recommend to. Good workers are not very mouthy. They do not keep speaking every day on what they do. Good workers sit down, do the work and the work speaks for them. If you look at Ministers who do a very good job, it is not those who address the press every day. I am sorry to say so if somebody feels that---"
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