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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "goodness, the fitness or the construction of that building - is involved in that corruption. For that reason, Kenyans are not getting value for money. This Bill says that the counties will have to enforce these new laws. I want to send a very strong message to people who are in charge of treasuries either at the national level or the county levels who think that they will steal today and get away with it. I must warn them. Anglo-Leasing happened many years ago but now we are prosecuting the perpetrators. It happened more than 10 to 15 years now, but the prosecutor has now said that he is going to take those guys to court. I want to warn those Accounting Officers. You might be in that position today but I want to tell them that 10 or 20 years from today, Kenyans will follow you. We will ensure that because of the harm that you have done to our people; the harm that you have done to our economy, the law will take its course. I do not want to say more. I want to give an opportunity to my colleagues. I just want to re-emphasize that procurement issues are the single most serious leakage to our economy. This particular Bill gives us an opportunity to seal that leakage. I want to say that the number of amendments that I am personally going to propose to this particular Bill will ensure harsher penalties to persons who have been found guilty of corruption and, at the same time, hammer out a few issues which I do not want to repeat. The Cabinet Secretary should not be given a free hand to name members of the board without other supervisory measures on this particular issue. It is a good Bill. I support it and upon enactment, Kenyans will have a reason to be happy. At least, we will have laws that will exist to curb corruption in this country Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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