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    "id": 532140,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Laboso",
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Cherono Laboso",
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    "content": "elephant in the room that has completely overshadowed all the other good things that the President talked about. As the Leader of the Majority Party said earlier on, the President gave us three full reports. However, from what we are hearing you would imagine that all that the President talked about was the now famous “list of shame.” Hon. Speaker, we were clearly informed about the strong economy of our country. Kenya is now the ninth largest economy in Africa. Kenya is the third fastest growing economy after China and Philippines. Nobody is recording that! We were informed about the developments in the energy sector. We have been told how we are almost--- Much of our energy is green coming from the geothermal plants that have been started in the country. Now, there is enough energy for businesses to run a 24-hour economy. The increase in energy, of course, is going to translate into savings to the public. However, that again is not interesting. The interesting part is when we talk about corruption. We have now gone almost 70 per cent digital and we have migrated from analogue to digital. This has been done by the Jubilee Government. The Lamu Port and South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project is a major project that is going to even make it easier for us to do business with others. The regional integration is going to be deepened by this project. Nobody is talking about the reforms in the National Youth Service and the wonderful jobs it is doing within our slums. Nobody is talking about the Huduma Centres, that is the one stop shops that are now spread across the country. What everybody wants to talk about is corruption and the list of shame. Hon. Speaker, before I talk a little bit about that list, the President in his humility and acceptance of everybody, decided on behalf of all of us – he considered all the wrongs we have done to each other both in the past and presently - to go out of his way and apologise. He apologized on behalf of this Government and past governments. That was an act of humility that we need to commend. We need to give him the accolades that he deserves. One thing that has been a subject of debate from Thursday last week is this list of shame. I thank the Executive for what it has done. I am very much in support of what the President did. However, whatever the shortcomings of what he did – it may not be perfect - he took action that no one had expected of him. Through that action, the President has shown us that he is willing and ready to bite the bullet. He bit the bullet and he gave us a list. The rest is for those who have been mentioned in the list to clear their names, whether it is a Governor or an MP. I do agree with what hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona has said that corruption cannot be collective. So, it must be individual. Each person must clear his or her name individually. Hon. Speaker, I would like to encourage whoever has been mentioned in that list-- - I also want to commend you for the action you took, hon. Speaker. This is because even before the President gave us his list, you had already made a ruling in this House ---"
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