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    "content": "In essence, this Bill also lacks disciplinary procedures for breach of Chapter Six. I am afraid that the watered down Bill leaves out a number of issues. In front of me, I have the first Bill before it was watered down. I feel that this Bill cannot be targeted at a certain number of people. This is a Bill for posterity. It is a Bill for Kenyans and by Kenyans who demand change. I think that, as leaders, we have to sacrifice for the benefit of the new Kenya that we are looking for. I feel that it is very important that some of the issues that were brought forward through consultation must be captured. It is not right for the Cabinet to sit down and cut out elements that do not suit them just because they want it to be suitable for a few people in the Cabinet. There are people who are asking how we are going to vet 2000 people. As I said, there is no vetting of 2000. Those who will go for elections will be vetted by the election itself. However, there is an allowance because if something comes out as a whistleblower--- I was going to say that whistleblowers are not covered here very well. We are saying that we want to know what type of whistleblowers there will be. We must be very clear that if somebody is going to lodge a complaint against a state officer, it should be a serious complaint that can be proved. If it cannot be proved then that person should be liable to imprisonment or a fine of at least Kshs5 million or Kshs10 million. It is very easy for someone to come at the last moment and say that Mr. Shakeel has done this or that, and then you are cut out of the elections. Such a person may not be able to prove anything about his wild allegations about peeling back masks and so on. If someone can prove it, then he should do so. If he does not prove it then he should be liable for costs and to imprisonment, so that we have serious people questioning the integrity of others and not for frivolous reasons."
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