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    "content": "as they ought to be. Mandera would have been one of the most wonderful cities in this country, but for the fact that insecurity caused by the porous border from people coming from Somalia and all other places. We must learn. The story we were given is that because of that porous border, we have guns being transported from Mandera to Nairobi in places like Eastleigh and other parts of the country like Mombasa. That is why we have a lot of insecurity in this country. We must work hard to secure this nation, as the President noted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the one thing that is now a subject of public discussion is the report of the President on values and principles, particularly on what they are doing to fight corruption. There is a misconception in this nation; the first one being that the Constitution was created for the President to be the one prosecuting corruption, arresting and investigating people who are corrupt. This position has been propagated by so many people, including those who are in the Opposition, some who are in the Government, Churches and the civil society. For about three months, there have been consistent calls that the President must do something about investigating corruption; that the President must do something about prosecuting people who are corrupt. Where did the President get those constitutional powers? Where did the Members of the Opposition get that responsibility on the presidency? Why do we pass a Constitution and still believe that the functions that were given to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) rest with the president. Clearly in the Constitution, it says that when they are doing investigations and prosecutions, they cannot receive direction from anybody. The Constitution also says that when the Inspector-General is carrying out his functions of investigations, they cannot be interefered with by anybody. The Constitution says that the EACC should act independently. Why was there all this noise about the President? All these stories led to what the President did; he called the bluff. The President went ahead and said “look, I have a list here copied to me by the EACC and the same list was tabled in the National Assembly. I, therefore, give Parliament this list so that you can do whatever you do. However, those who are in the list, for purposes of dealing with this matter, once and for all, must step aside, particularly those under my watch.” He also suggested that others who are not under his watch should do the same. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what the President simply did on a report he received under the Constitutional powers of Article 254 was to hang the report in public; a report that has been pending in a Committee of the National Assembly; a report that was also copied to the President. But when you look at this report, it is not a report that is worth being debated in this House. The report is so shallow."
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