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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "content": "The President said some things which his advisers did not guide him on correctly. For example, the issue of health is not a small one anymore. It is one in which there is most corruption in the counties. This House must deal with the issue of health. I want to plead with us to fast-track the Health Bill once the Cabinet brings it. People are dying like chicken in our counties, because the governors only see money. Most of them are not interested in the health of our people. We want to plead with the President not to claim credit and not to blame the governors. We need to deal with the issue of devolution and health. Secondly, it is great that Kenya is producing a lot of geothermal energy. The Kenya Power has refused to reduce the price of electricity for our people. It is wrong for the Executive to tell the President that the cost of electricity has come down. I am yet to meet any Kenyan whose cost of electricity has come down. We must force them. The Committee on Energy, Communication and Information of this House must follow up and ask Kenyans whether they are enjoying reduced rates. Having said that, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has let this country down. That Commission must go home like yesterday. There is no way they can give the President a list - it is within the President‟s right to ask for it - which does not make sense. If you go to Page 24 of the tabled list, Item No.20, there is a date of reporting listed as 27th May, 2014. However, some names are missing. It indicates some people as former officials of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). How can the EACC not know the people who ate “chicken”, who were reported? The EACC must go home like yesterday. We want to slay the dragon of corruption, but we must do it with the right people. We must reconstitute that body and do it very soon now that the Executive and Parliament have agreed to partner, so that we can slay this dragon. This is criminal. Who in this country is called “former official”? Kivuitu is dead. Everybody knows who is not there. We know the people. I saw the current Chairperson of the IEBC and a Minister at the EACC offices being questioned. I saw so many people. How can they exclude their names if they want us to believe them? I want to plead with the President. The EACC has only finalised 22 files in two years and only secured three prosecutions. Let us not talk about 60 days. Let the people who have stepped aside stay away for as long as investigations are not complete. They should give us time to reconstitute a clean EACC. We can do it. Among the 40 million Kenyans, we cannot miss three good and willing souls to help this country to slay the dragon of corruption. Hon. Speaker, let me thank you for your ruling yesterday. We do not want to beat about the bush. There are no legal issues around the fight against corruption. Let us deal with it. I want to thank you for your ruling against attempts to stop the Motion. Hon. Speaker, can I have just two minutes more? I am your leader on this side."
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