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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbui",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "given to the people of this country about irrigation of a million hectares of land something we have not yet seen. This Government came to power on the promise of setting up a digital platform. Unfortunately, two years after elections, we still have not seen the laptops meant for our children. Security is wanting. There are major failures on the part of this Jubilee Government. With regard to corruption, I totally agree with the President that we must address these issues while following the law. The President, similarly, has to follow the law when he is addressing issues. There were problems with the Report that we got in this House. One, there were many individuals that were named. From what we have gathered, some of them did not even know that they had been charged yet the Report was tabled on the Floor of this House. We were told that they are being investigated. In fact, some of the Cabinet Secretaries went to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to ask what they had been charged with. It is important that in future we follow the law. There is also the issue of mob lynching. Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives have been collectively accused of corruption which I think is totally unacceptable. For some of these things, maybe the President needs to apologize to the Members of this House who have been grouped together and their integrity insulted. I also take issue with the interference in the affairs of independent commissions, one of them being the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The President took sides with the Executive against the Commissioners. Actually, if you looked at the body language and the things he said, it is very clear that he is trying to push out some of the Commissioners. So, I guess this was not fair; it was not right. He needed to give them space because this is an independent commission. He is also giving direction and directives to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). We know that this is an office with a constitutional mandate able to carry out its responsibilities without being directed. I feel that by directing other arms of Government, for example, the Judiciary and telling them that they must handle 175 cases within a period of less than 50 days, it is very unfair. Again, on the corruption debate, I want to address the issue of Machakos County because that is where I come from. This is one area that I agree with the President. We have seen, with regard to Machakos--- A lot of our people have witnessed these things happen. We have seen instant millionaires. We have seen people who get to political office with nothing and within a year, they attend Harambees to donate hundreds of thousands of shillings. So, I think this is something that needs to be addressed. The people that have been named, including the Governors should step aside. This is because they are in office and as they continue being in office they are likely to interfere with investigations. Members of Parliament do not have to step aside; they have no offices that they can interfere with any investigation. So, let Governors step aside. Let investigations be done and within a short period, I am sure, some of them will be in Kamiti Prison."
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