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    "content": "one on Twitter much faster because it is in the public domain. I believe that the Government should also be put to the level of visibility and transparency where we are using social media and a complaint that is raised via social media, be it on Twitter,Facebook or any other channel that might come up in future - is considered to be a legitimate complaint. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these should go into a complaints handling system so that, at the end of the year, there will be a report of all the complaints that have been raised against public servants who violated these values and principles. The report shall be presented to the President and other relevant authorities for action. I want to encourage that we become digital in our thinking. This Bill should also anticipate a digital society where social media is taken as a legitimate channel of raising complaints. In conclusion, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill even though I wish it was much more aggressive in defining consequences for violation of values. Values can be written on paper and can be hung on a wall. But if people do not believe and live by them, then they might not be worth the paper hey are written on. Currently, we have heard of cases coming out of the IEBC of acts that, on the surface already breach these values and principles that we are talking about. We have heard of cases coming out of Parliament where certain Committees have been accused of corruption which flies in the face of these values and principles that we are talking about. We have heard of cases where hon. Members of Parliament are accused of indecent actions that fly in the face of these values and principles. The question is: what are the consequences? I wish that this Bill would dwell on consequences of violation of some of those values and principles. I believe there could be other legislations that address that, but to the common man out there who wants to see that a public servant is supposed to deliver service in a certain manner, failure to which something has to happen, I wish that this Bill could dwell much more on the consequences. If we focused on consequences then the people who ate “chicken” at IEBC should be somewhere eating beans just the way other chicken thieves are treated in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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