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    "id": 681771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Bribery Bill 2016 be now read a Second Time. The House will soon be going on recess. So, I have decided to stay here for long hours to make sure that the business that I am expected to do in this House, namely to facilitate the Government agenda, is done. I want to make sure that all the Government Bills go through the Second and Third Readings. I thank the Members who are in the House until this late and that is why the Parliamentary Service Commission pays them. The Bill seeks to make provisions specific to offences of bribery in a bid to reduce this vice, which is very rampant. It is small and big and it is enough to cause increased public concern. The Bill that we have just concluded and this Bill are two major Bills that came into place after the President decided to deal with corruption head on. After having several multi- sectoral meetings with the private sector, the Judiciary led by Justice Willy Mutunga, the Legislature where our two Speakers of the two Houses were, Government institutions dealing with corruption like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the essence of publishing this Bill was mooted. From the outset, I wish to thank the President. The war against corruption will be fought from the Legislature, Judiciary, Executive and in every sphere of Kenya. This Bill intends to extend the fight against corruption to the private sector. The engine of corruption was assumed to be in the public sector. However, the private sector plays a very big 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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