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    "id": 303782,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/303782/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "If you look at this Bill, you will realise that it answers part of our historical problems. We are coming from a history where corruption was the order of the day. As a result, it has almost become a situation where Kenyans believe that everyone is corrupt, unless proved otherwise. So, every time there is a procurement of a certain magnitude, be it within the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) or Parliament; or be it a Government procurement or even a corporate body’s procurement; once the tender is declared as having been won by bidder “a” or bidder “b”, the first thing you hear is that there was corruption. It then goes down to people going to court to prove that they won it without corruption. Now, it gets worse when you start looking at any other model apart from what is known. When somebody comes and says: “Yes, we can partner with the Government, Nairobi City Council (NCC) and Nyandarua County to put up a district headquarters, district hospital or some train service”, the first thing that comes to the mind of the Kenyan people, and especially our media, is that there must be corruption. How much is involved? Who is taking what? People never seem to look at the bigger picture. That is the difference between us and what is happening within our neighbourhood in Uganda, Rwanda and in all the other countries, where things are taken in good faith. That is because there is a law and process that people can go and check."
}