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    "id": 532468,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " As I move to my last point, I want to encourage those who have been restless about my contribution to read paragraph 47 of the President’s Speech and his acknowledgment of what I am talking about. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to matters of corruption in this country, when the President talked about this and the steps he intends to take, I joined those who stood up to support him. I have since made statements supporting the war against corruption. This country is drowning in corruption. People in public positions are busy ripping the country apart. We salute the President for making the statement. However, we want him to walk the talk. I agree with Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki that everybody is innocent until proven guilty. I also agree with him that elected persons do not fall within the same category as appointed persons. That is a very clear altruism in law. However, we do not want a country where the war against corruption will be fought selectively. We want all those mentioned, even if it is me, to walk without being escorted to the Chief Magistrate’s Court to be prosecuted for corruption. There is one Minister who said that he was ready to take a bullet. We can purchase an AK 47 rifle from one of the counties and lend it to him. There are certain individuals in this country whose names are synonymous with corruption. There are certain office holders in this country whose names are synonymous with corruption. There are certain groupings called the sky, ground and the water teams which are running around the country displaying obscene wealth which we know they have not acquired correctly. I want the President to make his pronouncement on this. When individuals are roaming around the country contributing to harambees; an average of Kshs5 million to Kshs15 million every weekend, we ask ourselves questions. We brought devolution to mitigate harambees. Harambees feed on corruption. We are aware of people in high places roaming from parastatal to parastatal, terrorising parastatal heads to give them money for harambees. We want the President to rein in on this sky, water and land teams that are busy ravaging and looting the country, literally. They then stand up and people call them Bw. Maendeleo when they are displaying stolen money or illegally acquired wealth. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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