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    "id": 52024,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/52024/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Eseli",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 141,
        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, another issue we must learn is that it is not so much the law, but it is the way we behave. It is the political culture. The body politics of Kenya is riddled with impunity and corruption. This is not just about laws; it is about the conduct of individuals. Even as we speak right now, there are people who are slowly trying to create small tribal chieftains. These are the seeds that will eventually lead to the conflict that we see around elections. Those are things that cannot be avoided through laws. Those are things about integrity in leadership. We need an electoral law that will come together with this to dictate, therefore, who amongst us is fit to lead, because then they will be able to set proper examples. Some of these things are beyond laws. Even as I speak now, one of the potential tribal chieftains has just landed in Kimilili Constituency at a nomination of a councillor with a motorcade of 100 motor vehicles and it is rumoured that he has spent Kshs3 million. That corruption is what causes damage to this country."
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