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    "content": "gesture; the modest move to provide for Kshs10 billion to at least address that issue while we await the National Assembly to pass the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission Report. However, I would really have appreciated if the President made a pledge that under his administration, justice and equity will be observed for all the peoples and all the regions in this country. That pledge is very important so that today you do not apologize and tomorrow your officers are doing the same thing for which you have apologized a few months earlier. We have seen that kind of situation in some parts of this country where people’s rights under the Constitution are not being observed, but being trampled upon. I have just given an example of Mandera where people do not feel like they belong to this country. For example, simple basic right like the issuance of identity cards has been suspended for the last two years, for no reason. This is happening in a country that is sovereign and independent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to corruption, on paragraph 101 of this Speech, it is very interesting that His Excellency started off by saying: “I have received a report from the EACC which contains a catalogue of allegations”. It is very important that we appreciate that what is contained here is nothing more than a catalogue of allegations. It also says in the next paragraph 101(b) that all those officials in the national and county governments who are adversely mentioned, to step aside. That means that if you have been mentioned in this report, it is enough for you to step aside. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as I am concerned – and I have gone through the list attached – this list simply shows people whose cases are under investigations or where they have simply commenced. It contains rumours and innuendos. This document will create an opportunity for many people to sue that organization for damages and libel. I will give you examples. On page 15, it talks of Mr. Kazungu Kambi, the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Services. The accusation is that he came out strongly in support of the NSSF Tassia II Project. That is the crime that is listed there. With regard to Mr. Chirchir, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, he is accused, on page 15, of working to ensure that corrupt deals in the energy sector are successfully executed. How do you accuse somebody that they are ensuring that corrupt deals are happening?"
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