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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "coming to Kenya.” Obama is coming to Kenya not for any other reason. Obama as a son of this country has seen Kenya has changed. On corruption, I want to make it very clear. In the Constitution, the principle of innocence until proven guilty is fundamental; all those who are named are still innocent until proven guilty, but the die is cast. The line has been drawn between those who believe in the lord of impunity and corruption and those who believe in Uhuru Kenyatta and the people of Kenya. This reminds me of George Bush Junior; on 11th September, 2001, he said: “You are either with the terrorist or you are with us”. Uhuru Kenyatta, the President, is saying: You are either with the lords of impunity or the lords of corruption” Twelve governors have been named. A number of them survived because they substituted names of chief officers for their names. Kenya must change. We do not have medicine in our hospitals. We do not have roads. We are facing a serious security challenge because of corruption. Corruption is a dragon and all of us must fight it. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has 60 days. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has 60 days. We want to ask the Chief Justice to rise to the occasion and establish the Anti-Corruption Court and give direction that those cases must be concluded within three or six months, so that Kenya can be in a better place. Hon. Speaker, many issues have been raised. Very close confidants of President Uhuru Kenyatta have resigned. Very close confidants of the Deputy President are in this list. People perceived by the Opposition to be pro Jubilee, like the Governor of Machakos, are in that list. If there was a way that list could have been doctored, I am sure Jubilee would have removed some of their perceived friends. Independent institutions created by the Constitution such as the Ethics and Anti- corruption Commission, the Office of the Auditor General and the Office of the DPP, must rise to the occasion and help the people of Kenya in the war against graft. Corruption has been a cancer and PLO Lumumba during his time talked of “high voltage files”. President Kibaki could not touch those files. The former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, during his tenure as a co-principal, decided not to touch those files. President Moi may have perpetuated corruption. The Late Kenyatta never did it, but I am sure that President Uhuru Kenyatta today is in the same league as the person buried on Saturday, the first Prime Minister of Singapore. That was the man who took Singapore to where it is today. We must follow the likes of the first Prime Minister of Singapore and the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Time has come when we need to remove corruption from the Kenyan political class. Hon. Speaker, all of us here in this House, have talked about corruption in county governments. Today the die has been cast. You cannot hide. I want to tell the people of Kenya that in 2012/2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta, together with his deputy, were taken to the constitutional court to make a determination on their eligibility to run for office. The court, a three judge-bench, gave a verdict and said that under the Constitution, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto could vie for the presidency. I want to challenge the Judiciary--- I am told governors are going to court; I want to see a constitutional court that will give a verdict and say that a certain governor cannot step aside and should continue engaging in corruption using the money given for our people at the county level. It is about your morality. It is about your conscience. Each of us in the political class and all 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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