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    "id": 567514,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I oppose this Bill. In opposing this Bill, I want to say that corruption hits at the heart of the society in this country but the way we are going about it is wrong. We need political goodwill. I urge the President that instead of us bringing amendments, the amendment that should be done is an amendment to the President’s heart so that we are more serious about corruption. When we were moving the two-thirds gender principle, we were told that we cannot get it because of money. It is not because of money rather it is because of corruption. The reason we have youth unemployment, we cannot add our persons with disabilities and have an increase in sex predators in this country is because of corruption. I want to call on the President to realise that we need to be more serious. Finally, I want to urge that we must be consistent in our standards and principles. You can never go wrong on principle. We must be clear about how to deal when somebody needs to step aside and how we deal with whistle-blowers. Otherwise, we will not be as sheepish as the case we have just seen of Cabinet Secretary Kaimenyi, where you see Members falling over themselves to try and out do what they have done in the past because they are not consistent on issues of principle. I hope that we look at ranking in future."
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