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    "content": "Budget, but if you look at the level of prosecution of all the accusation in the 47 counties, I cannot recall any of them, that we can say has been successfully prosecuted. No one has been prosecuted as a result of corruption due to the petitions brought to the Committee or from the deliberations of the Auditor-General. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what this House must address and squarely face, is the fact that there is a link between theft and prosecution but it is currently missing. This is because we can talk until the cows come home, but if there is no prosecution of any individual, we shall still be doing what Sen. Boy Juma Boy said about “ kunung’unika” . We need to address that issue. As the Senate Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, and my Chairman is here, what are we going to do towards prosecution of those who have been named in corruption? We are aware that this House prosecuted an individual to the point where he was removed from the governorship of Embu County but he has continued to serve for five years. In fact, he is boasting that this House cannot do anything. If we cannot deal with the governors who are stealing, how can we deal with clerks who are under the same governors who are stealing? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have heard that a wheelbarrow has been bought for US$1000 and yet we have not heard of the prosecution or jailing of such an individual. How then can we stand as a House and start complaining about the national level of corruption?"
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