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    "id": 562890,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is true that if there is corruption, we cannot condone it but it is cheap and out of order for one to go hauling people’s names while there are agencies charged with investigating corruption in this country. We are trivializing our institutions. There is the “list of shame” that was brought to this House. What has happened with that list, in terms of fighting corruption? We now have people charged in court with charges like “obstruction of justice”. We give these people billions of shillings. Instead of asking them to account for those monies, you are taking them to court, where they will be declared innocent. That way, you are not helping Kenyans. We need to adopt a better approach. I want to plead with the Leader of the Majority Party to ensure that the proposed law should have the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) reporting to Parliament. All their investigations must be public and they must report here. That is because corruption in the counties cannot be disguised or wait for quarterly reporting. That corruption must come here and we must know who they are reporting. What is happening, as I finish, is that there are cartels who are purporting to be agents of Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and because of the corruption in the police force, the governors are bragging that whenever they come, they give them Kshs10 million or a piece of land and they leave. I have said it and I am not shy to say it again because I have been told. Those cartels at the so-called EACC must report here and we must deal with them. I support."
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