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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my learned friend, Sen. Orengo, was there in the morning. The term was not derogatory in the morning, but it is now derogatory in the afternoon. The important thing is that there is a nigger or a negro who will pick the bucket and look for some water when the house is burning and that is Kiraitu Murungi. Let me leave those who want to pray for the winds to continue praying, but we wish the winds will not come. We all agreed and we understand where the President is coming from in this. Corruption in this country has become like the weather, everybody talks about it, but absolutely, nothing is done about it. We talk and talk, even the children have composed songs and poems about corruption in this country, but we just listen to the songs, enjoy them, go home and nothing seems to happen. The President has become fed-up and he is tired of hearing this country being called a country of thieves, a government by thieves, of thieves and for thieves. I think time has come for us to move from rhetoric to action. Even if we criticize the President for anything else, let us continue in our standing ovation for him because, finally, he has decided that action must be taken. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, corruption has been compared to cancer, it eats the nation slowly. Cancer is a very dangerous disease. However, the treatment for cancer is also dangerous and it is a very painful. It is called chemotherapy. In fact, many people die in the process of treatment than of the disease itself. Sometimes, the treatment for corruption could be rough and painful. I am talking from experience because I was feeling like this in 2004, when we started the radical surgery in the Judiciary. We had talked for very many years about corruption in the Judiciary and nothing was happening. So, we decided enough was enough and we sent more judges and magistrates home than had been sent anywhere in the Commonwealth. As things would turn out, I still bare the blame for radical surgery of the Judiciary. However, the challenge was, at that time, there were no Senior Counsel and no people who would form tribunals for trying the Judiciary. We had to rely on the Judiciary itself which was there to try the others. We got some of the Judges who had retired, little knowing that we would prolong these trials because they had found a new means of survival. Some of the cases lasted for five years. The Judges whom we had sent home earned two salaries for five years. The whole thing was turned on us because we started a radical surgery which never happened. I think the President will be facing the same challenges. 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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