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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, against that background, I agree totally that the body we are creating should not pretend at any one time to be a super policeman, and ask for all those powers; we keep on hearing things like: “We could have done better if we were given prosecution powers”. It would be a major disaster given what we have seen to give such people the power to prosecute even people they have not investigated. It would be a total terror. On that basis, I support any move to amend this law to remove any reference to prosecution powers being given to this body. Recently, we were in the African Governance Seminar in Mombasa and the Director of KACC came as a guest speaker and said that asking the KACC to eliminate corruption in Kenya is like asking God to eliminate sin. I looked at him and said: So, why are we paying you if you have already admitted that you are totally helpless that you are incapable of fighting corruption? Why are you pretending that you are doing any work and drawing such a huge salary with such a huge establishment, yet you are doing nothing? It was captured live and I could see the delegates who were there, including the retired President Obasanjo, looking in disbelief and asking: Is this the person you are paying to fight against corruption in your country, admitting in front of everyone that he is toothless, powerless and it is like asking God to eliminate sin?"
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