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    "id": 306915,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/306915/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. I. E. Mohamed",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for the Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 82,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say, right from the outset, that I support this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, every society regulates its behaviour through enactment of certain rules and, in our case, through enactment of laws. So, it is very important that we actually make laws and admit that our behaviour, particularly in the areas of corruption, impunity and in a whole range of other social behaviours; has gone very bad, and that we want to correct this starting with our leaders. We are, therefore, making a law, through this Bill, to make sure that the leadership of this country lead by example. That is not to say that other Kenyans should not have the integrity that is envisaged in this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill will actually protect leaders in the future, because it is setting very clear leadership and integrity standards. Currently, whether you are elected chairman of a School Board of Governors (BoG) or Member of Parliament, you are like a Mercedes Benz car. The moment you pay for it, and it comes out of the dealer’s premises, 30 per cent of its integrity goes. The same applies to the integrity of Members of Parliament, just by acquiring the title. So, by making very clear"
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