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    "id": 532217,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/532217/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2960,
        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Corruption in this country is like a hydra-headed octopus. When you try to tackle it in the manner I am seeing it being tackled, it is like cutting one tentacle while others remain intact. After a short time, the tentacles sprout and it is business as usual. Desperate times calls for desperate measures. We want to see concrete action. On the issue of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Report, the President is apologising because of the TJRC Report recommendations. We know that the TJRC Report has been in this House for close to one year or more. It is true that this Parliament has gone ahead - at the instigation of Jubilee - to mutilate that Report by way of amending the TJRC Act after the Report has been submitted, thereby opening avenues for watering down the Report purposely to remove names of people who have been mentioned in that Report for committing atrocities against Kenyans. We cannot address historical injustices selectively. We must go the full hog and we must have the courage to do so. I will support fully any attempt by the President to fight corruption. I will support it to the fullest possible extent but the fight against corruption must be done within the law. That has to happen. I am looking at this list that has been annexed here from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Looking at number 87, we are told that one Paul Wasanga, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is being investigated for impropriety surrounding procurement of examination materials. We are aware. It is in public domain that EACC has summoned other people in relation to this particular matter. The Chairman of IEBC has been summoned in broad daylight. We have seen him go to Integrity Centre to record a statement. We have also seen one Mr. Oyombra. Those people have gone to EACC because it suspects that they have committed a crime in relation to procurement. The principals in the United Kingdom (UK) have been jailed and yet, when you look at this list, you only see Paul Wasanga’s name. You do not see the names of Isaak Hassan or Oyombra. This lacks the credence."
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