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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I also would like to thank the President and to record my support for the Speech that he gave to this esteemed House. In fact, the President should be lauded for what he has done in the last two years. When you look at the economy, when we are number nine in Africa as the largest economy, and when we are number three as far as progress in the economy is concerned in the world, then we must really be proud of him. It is very important that security is being addressed because that has been the problem. If at all we give the President Support as leaders and as Kenyans, I am sure we will achieve more. The fact that the President has spoken about historical injustices is a way to heal the wounds that have afflicted this country for so many decades. It is important that those who have been wronged are compensated from the Kshs10 billion fund. But more than anything else, restitution should also be part of it. The people who lost land or other things should be restituted because if you do not do that, then there will always be a lot of pain, bitterness and that is what causes things like tribal clashes and all that. We should encourage good governance. In fact, if you look at the list, whoever is not supporting the President in this is undermining good governance of this country and supporting corruption. I urge my colleagues here that the first thing we should do is to agree that anybody mentioned in this list must step aside. The “die has been cast”! Cabinet Secretaries have stepped aside. So, why should the governors not do the same? In fact, the worst thing is this: People who have been entrusted with the running of the counties have betrayed us more than anything else. For example in Narok, people have been killed because of fighting corruption. We are now telling the Cabinet Secretary (CS) of Interior and Coordination of National Government to get the right people and take them to jail, instead of taking Members of Parliament who are saying “this should not be done.” Hang the perpetrators of these heinous crimes and not the people who are shot dead for no apparent reason other, than calling for the truth. What is worrying most is this: On page 19, I have seen that a member of this Government spent Kshs100 million of taxpayers’ money to purportedly sponsor the removal of a CS of the same Government. How can the Government “eat” itself? That should be investigated so that whoever was given that Kshs100 million, and whoever participated in it must be taken to jail. He or she must refund the money. Mentioning Parliament is a very dangerous thing and whoever did that, we should cleanse ourselves by saying: “Let her be arrested.” Let me come to my last point, so that my colleagues can get a chance to contribute. We have heard - and the President himself has talked about the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The question is: How do the hunted become the hunter? That is one thing we must take care of. We should take care of the issue of EACC so that it can judge others. That is because you cannot tell them to judge others when they, themselves, have got a “log in the eye”. The most important thing is to get rid of the middlemen in that Commission so that we can move forward. On the issue of timelines, I will support what the President said. But I believe 60 days is not enough time to investigate, take people to court and convict them. It is something that should be looked 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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