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    "id": 556426,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/556426/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
        "slug": "joseph-meruaki-muthari"
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    "content": "Committee on Implementation. We want to see what will be done to the recommendations by the Public Investments Committee (PIC). We also want to see the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) act. I saw an advertisement for positions in EACC. We want to see the people who are given the responsibility of investigating going ahead with their work. As Kenyans, we want to see things happening because we are tired of just talking but nothing of essence happens. To stop this, the people who are involved in the leadership - that is the Executive, the House and people who are entrusted with the responsibility - should do what they must do and make corruption a little bit more expensive than it is at the moment. When people engage in it, they must know the cost. They must take responsibility for engaging in fraudulent activities or activities that will lead to the country losing. When people know that they will get very heavy punishment if they engage in corrupt activities - as it has happened in other countries - corruption will be reduced. Corruption is very expensive. We lose assets like the ones we are losing through corruption. Even if we make the refinery a storage facility, we do not know what could happen. We should stop the process of allowing Government’s and national assets to be sold for a song as it is happening in this case. It is through this kind of mechanism that we can move forward as a country and save the resources that can be utilised. If this thing is improved, we will know that we will be on a good start as we go to the level of refining our own oil from our own land. The collapse of that oil refinery - which is supposed to have been made better – means that we are going to start again from zero rather than starting from the point where we are going forward. With those few remarks, I support this Report. It is my hope and strong recommendation that we see heads rolling. In any case, they should have rolled even before the Report because these things should have been realised. We are discussing a Report that came out in April last year which is more than one year ago. Even if we had not discussed this information here, it is in the public domain. If action was to be taken, it should have been taken even by now. Investigations should have been carried out because the information is available. Otherwise, with those few remarks, I support."
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