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    "id": 315134,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
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        "legal_name": "Noah Mahalang'ang'a Wekesa",
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    "content": "I do not know how a bull fighter can be a coward. I think Dr. Khalwale is stepping in the nyayo of the late Shikuku. He has been in the forefront to see that justice is done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a word called “impunity.” Impunity is something that has taken root in our nation. People can do what they want to do regardless of the law. Now, we are legislators who pass laws here. These laws should be for everybody. These laws should be for the mighty and the downtrodden in our society. So, we must route out the word “impunity” from our nation. We had so many schemes in this country that fleeced our people a lot of money. In fact, this Bill should be called the Prohibition of Financial Schemes. We have had so many schemes where Kenyans have been defrauded and nothing has happened. We can name all of them. I think time has come as we domesticate the present Constitution, that indeed, we must obey the law. Every Kenyan should obey the law. It does not matter who you are. This is happening elsewhere. Every other country I have been to, people obey the law. Why should we not obey the law? Gone are the days when you could leave your house, go into a Government forest and take a piece of land and declare it is your farm. I think we should stop that. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was in my office, three days ago and five people came to me. They told me that they had lost Kshs50,000 because somebody told us that the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) were employing rangers and the Minister wanted something small. Because this person works with me, he was able to take Kshs10,000 from five innocent Kenyans. He pocketed Kshs50,000 and told the candidates to come to Kitale Town so that they could travel to Nairobi for employment. We have these schemes all over the country, because the law is not strong enough. I think this Bill will help many of the innocent Kenyans who have been robbed of their money. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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