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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also wish to join my colleagues in supporting this particular amendment to enhance the working and running of the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission which for a long time, as we have realised has been facing a lot of challenges. We have also had a serious discussion over this issue. When you look at the history of the EACC, which is the body that is supposed to be killing the dragon of corruption in this country, it has gone through a lot of challenges. Remember we have had several chairs right from the Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority (KACA) up to the EACC. We thought most of the chairs were very strong and powerful people, who had the will to fight corruption. I remember Harun Mwau, whom we thought was going to be the engine for fighting corruption, but he could not even finish his term. Then came Aaron Ringera whom we thought, since he was serving as a great judge, would do a better job. He could not even finish his term. Then came the most eloquent speaker who would speak the greatest language in this country, and whom we thought was the man to talk to corruption and make it disappear, instead he talked his way out of that office. Then Mumo Matemu came, a very silent man whom we thought was going to deal with this matter once and for all, he just left unceremoniously. I do not know if it is the system that we have that is seriously letting us down, or it is corruption itself which is entrenched in our systems. We have a very serious problem. Some people were telling us to go to other countries to study how corruption is handled. I was one of the few people who were reluctant to go there. I know it is not because we do not have good systems in place. It is because corruption has eaten away at the fabric of our society. Everybody in this country, right from the top to the bottom, is corrupt. Nobody wants to say the truth. Even if you are to look at this House, the Executive and the Judiciary, you will realize that this country is dead. It is dead from corruption. It is rotten. It is only a few men and women who are still holding on to this country, otherwise, we are talking of a corrupt system. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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