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    "content": "table it before Kenyans. Let Kenyans decide whether, indeed, these are cases to be prosecuted or not. The worst that the EACC did to the President is to give him a Report which has no framework for any Kenyan to understand who is supposed to go to court and who will be investigated further. These are Kenyans with families. These families believe, for example, their father, mother, cousin, niece or nephew is corrupt simply because they have been mentioned in this Report. That is one thing that the EACC should take cognisance of. The other issue is when you look at the county governments, it did not matter whether it is a county under serious challenges of cohesion. For example, in Narok County, the Governor has been going through a series of questions and he is under investigation. We even saw people of Narok demonstrating. They wanted to remove him. We should think of cohesion of the people in the county. Both the communities will want to protect their person. To me, this is a copy paste of 34 counties. With regard to Mrs. Ngilu, there were developments in collusion with Mr. Evans Waitiki, owner of the Likoni plot that we have heard about for 50 years; they were about to inflate the actual prices. I thought that before the Ministry goes to ascertain the pricing of a particular land, there are critical surveyors who can give the right value. It goes on: “Allegedly Mrs. Ngilu is going to get a kickback”. The land that belongs to Mr. Waitiki is the most controversial land in Likoni, Mombasa, that you even wonder how you can execute its status and many others. I believe that the Senate has solutions to many of these challenges that we face. Most of our brothers who sit in this House have sacrificed for Government. When you are a CEO in Government, there is a team behind you who must be answerable for some of these questions. That is why I have always wanted us to have an e-tendering process in this country. We, as a country, should embrace paperless communication like it happens in Rwanda through emails. We should ensure that the EACC is strengthened or we disband it and think of how we are going to set up an institution that will work fairly for this country. As a Kenyan, you should be careful when you raise your finger against another Kenyan. When I looked at the Churchil Show on Sunday and Kanyari and Kenyans celebrating Kanyari, that is when you start to question and wonder where the values of our people went to. Even as I talk here, there are those who are laughing and others sympathizing because that is how we have created this monster called corruption. Religious leaders should not just look at politicians and think that they are out of this bracket. It is us politicians, who push the CSs who have stepped aside to push for certain projects to be done in our counties and this is corruption. We must collectively address corruption from the county assembly, county government up to the national Government and in all our institutions, including churches and schools. There is no place in this country where you will not find people crying. We must deal with corruption. The President has given us a platform and we can work around it and transform our country. We should know that everybody has an answer to this vice. Thank you. 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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