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    "id": 460788,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I rise to fully support this Motion in its totality because as patriotic Kenyans and as people who want to espouse and even support the war against corruption, we must support this and ensure that anybody who is mentioned is actually cleared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Authority (EACC). That has to be done. We will start with this report and other reports will follow. Hon. Speaker, I want to take the House back to the year 1789 during the French Revolution. The French Revolution was caused by scarcity of bread and so there is a lot of correlation between peace, stability, good security and food security. Without food security, do not cheat this country that this country can be stable. It will never be. So, I support it fully. When you are told that there was a company which was paid over Kshs300 million for supplying nothing but air and for not even supplying one single grain of maize, this is a sorry state of affairs and this House must rise to the occasion and deal with this matter expeditiously. We are not against anybody. We are not against any single person. In fact, in this report quite a number of my friends are mentioned but my conscience will lead me to heaven. That conscience will not lead me to hell. Hon. Speaker, there are a litany of issues that were not done well. One of them is the late performance bid bonds. If I may take you back, Kenya Railways that used to be so prestigious is now a total shell, as we speak and yet it is a company that has operated The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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