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    "id": 567497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. H. K. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "There is nothing to show on the fight against corruption in this country in terms of gains. That body is heavily funded in terms of the employees and commissioners. We had a lot of hope. If you look at the yearly reports that the EACC produces, you will find that the EACC is of the opinion that 80 per cent of their cases are on procurement. This is the case and yet we have the Public Procurement and Disposal Act in this country. Is it the absence of laws that is the cause of corruption or what is the problem? I remind Hon. Members that George Soros, the founder of Open Society Foundation (OSF) at one time remarked that corruption is like inflation. No country can talk about zero tolerance to corruption. Perhaps it is the extent you can keep it within the one digit level. In this country, even as we talk about the commissioners, I am not sure that increasing their number from three to five is going to enhance the fight against corruption in this country because we have the law. We have had this body and other enabling laws. So, what is the problem? Is it lack of political goodwill that has disabled the fight against corruption in this country? We must address the problem. Otherwise, I am not sure that increasing these commissioners from three to five and making them part-time will make us succeed in this fight. Because of that account, I am sure that Kenyans out there feel very frustrated because scandal after scandal nobody has been prosecuted to the satisfaction of this country. On that account, I feel that I should oppose this amendment. Thank you."
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