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    "id": 702448,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1987,
        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "In this country, we have talked about corruption for a long time and the fight against it has to be won, if this country has to develop. As the National Assembly, we have a very big part to play and the ball rests in our court. We should ask ourselves, are we, as Members of the National Assembly, above board? Do we own companies which do business and get contracts? Do we influence how those contracts are awarded? Do we protect some people? Do we receive favours so that we do not do certain things? Once we examine ourselves and the war on corruption starts in this House, we will win it. Blaming the Judiciary, the Executive and county governments may not yield much. Let us start by examining ourselves and start the war on corruption from this House. The issue of tribalism and negative ethnicity is promoted by political statements from politicians who are in this House. Let us be the mirror and the example which can be followed by Kenyans because everything starts in this House and ends here. We should give a good example because we are called Hon. Members. The statement made by the Leader of the Majority Party that we were appointed in the opposition because of relations is very unfortunate. We want a peaceful country and each leader has to choose the words they speak. On terrorism, Kenya should consider pulling out of Somalia the way Ethiopia has done. In fact, the Ethiopians said there is no international support or participation and that is why they were pulling out of Somalia. Can Kenya follow suit because we are losing money, our men and there is no gainful thing? The Somalia Government has become stable now and it can fight AlShabaab and other threats. Can the Kenya soldiers be brought back home so that we can cut on costs and save the lives of those young Kenyans? Standard Eight and Form Four examinations are about to start and I wish every student in this Republic success. May they do well, and may there be no cheating so that they succeed. Lastly, there is famine ravaging Ukambani because of failed rains. Cows and people are dying and we have not seen enough mitigating factors and plans being made to give these people relief food or addressing the long-term problem of water provision for irrigation farming. We 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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