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    "content": "We went through this Bill and I want to start by supporting the sentiments as expressed by the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs in terms of the malicious statements that have been made in the media. If you looked at the Editorial, especially on Monday in one of the newspapers, which I do not want to name, it was full of condemnation of this House. It stated that this is a rogue Parliament, nothing is expected of it and all we do is adulterate Bills. This is because of the incitement that is made that we have really messed up The Leadership and Integrity Bill. I want to confirm that we sat a whole day into the night looking through clause by clause in a meeting attended by no less than the Kenya Law Reform Commission, the CIC and all the stakeholders as technical advisors to the Cabinet sub-committee. We went through clause by clause and agreed. Then we were surprised to see a paid advert at public expense basically going back on what we had all agreed. The important thing for the Members to note, because I have also heard some of the Members in their campaign rallies saying that they are going to come and oppose this Bill because it does not address the issues of leadership and integrity, is that the original Bill that was presented to the Cabinet for discussion contained provisions that we considered totally impractical. As the Minister has said, there is absolutely no way you are going to have over 200,000 candidates being vetted by the police, the Kenya Anti- Corruption Commission, then the KRA and all manner of people, so that they can be cleared, that it is in accordance with Chapter Six."
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