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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Commission Secretary. We are suggesting that they deal with the Commission Secretary for very obvious reasons. If I was to borrow from the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, you will find that the Committee lacked some bit of strength in terms of expressing themselves clearly on this particular matter. I do not understand why this was left out as just an opinion and advisory because when you look at Page 54, the Report says that there is evidence on record that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) submitted to His Excellency a list of corruption cases with suspects without following due process - for example, tabling it at the Commission for approval. This one in itself is a ground because there can never be any other form of insubordination to a Commission than this. That is one of the reasons why we feel that the secretary must be dealt with by the Commission. Secondly, you find that from the foregoing, the Committee is convinced that the future of the Commission is bleak, the fight against corruption will fail and that the problems are attributable to both the Commissioners and the secretariat. The Commission Secretary is charged with the responsibility of overseeing the day to day running of the Commission and so, if the problems in that Commission are attributable to him and the Commissioners, it is a demonstration that he is incompetent and unable to give direction on how matters in the Commission should be run. Without wasting much time, I think it is only necessary for Members of this House to agree that since it is within our constitutional duty, we start this process. We need to demonstrate to the country that we are serious in the fight against corruption. We support the measures that have been taken by the Executive in fighting corruption. Corruption can only be fought by all of us and each one of us taking personal responsibility. Thank you, hon. Speaker, I support the amendment."
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