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    "id": 534859,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Allow me to go to the hot topic that has caught the attention of this country. From the outset, we must support the fight against corruption. We will support any attempt and any initiative to tackle corruption. But in the process of talking corruption, you must demonstrate seriousness. I want to talk to the President straight and tell him that he may be having very good intentions, but his advisers are letting him down. When it comes to cases of corruption, you need to bring, especially to the august House, water tight serious cases that have been investigated to some extent. I would not want us to set a precedent in this country where someone who sits in some office writes a letter alleging that hon. Joyce Laboso, our Deputy Speaker, is corrupt or was seen to have bought a new vehicle and, therefore, should be investigated. Then your name is flashed round and dropped in all media houses and the issue is brought to Parliament that she should leave office. Hon. Deputy Speaker, although I would want you to leave office if you are corrupt, I would also not want witch-hunt. There is also a clear case of politicising this list. If you look at Page 24 of this Report, there is the corruption case on M/S Smith and Ouzman. If you go to Item 86, where Paul Wasanga is accused of corruption, his name is properly listed there. However, coming to the former Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC), where the people who were accused were Isaack Hassan and Davis Chirchir, under the name “column”, surprisingly the names are left out yet it is alleged that bribes were given by the firm through a local agent by the name Trevy James Oyombra. Someone deliberately removed the name of Isaack Hassan to protect him in office. I am telling him this morning that even if his name is not here, it is clearly stated under Item 20 that the former---"
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