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"content": "commensurate fine would invariably be not exceeding Kshs50,000 or Kshs100,000 because Kshs200,000 is too heavy. Like I said, it defeats logic if somebody advertises something worth Kshs12,000 and you end up slapping him with a fine of Kshs200,000. We are just going to curtail young and poor people from emerging from the ashes to also grow into business. So, as we penalize this, we should find a better way of using it so that if an offending party is a big conglomerate like Coca-Cola or Samsung, those ones can be put in a different category. However, if it is a small man in the village or a poor me just putting up a billboard that says: “Weta for President” and you impose such a huge fine on me, then you will kill people. There are people out there who want to be Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and they will advertise themselves. Probably, that is the only means of campaign. They will land in a lot of problems. I encourage that we make this very important sector orderly, workable and able to raise revenue for county governments and the people of Kenya. If we do this well, it will work very well. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me finish by saying this to the Jubilee Government. They have now decentralized corruption. Do you know what the Government has done? They have set up an agency. Even independent institutions like the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) and the National Land Commission (NLC) now do not have authority to advertise anything. In fact, the national Government in the Treasury is holding close to Kshs6 billion for advertising and they tell you that if you are IEBC, if you give your advertisement to a small radio station owned by the distinguished Senator for Nyamira, Senator No.1, the appointing authority is the national Government and not the contracting agency. Two, the payment is coming from the national Government and not the contracting agency. Then, what is the purpose of having independent institutions? This unit is already there and is now controlling all Government advertisements and guarding them like a hen guarding eggs. They cannot allow any agency to advertise. Even IEBC, as they are asking people to go and register as voters, it is that agency that is determining who tells wananchi that it is time to register. It is not IEBC themselves. This is dangerous and it is wrong. It is an assault on free enterprise, devolution, decentralization and independence of the institutions of the country. Why did we create institutions in the Constitution? Just like we said here the other day, why do you say the Auditor-General is an independent office, oversighting Government, and then you tell the Auditor-General that you cannot recruit your auditors? We will recruit them for you, give them to you and then you will send them to audit us. How? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these levels of corruption--- No wonder the Government is so mired in corruption--- Somebody said that in the old days when children were stealing their mothers’ vegetables from the pot, they would put their fingers and pick a little. These people shove in the hand until they break the pot. It is terrible. We do not want to see this kind of things. We told them that Ms. Waiguru had messed up the Ministry and stolen money. They said: “She is a whistle blower.” Look at the affidavit that we are reading in the papers now; look at the conduct of the police. A policeman in charge of investigations arrests a suspect, takes her to the police station, pretends he has The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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